Diwali 2024: India gets ready to celebrate Festival of Lights; Diwali shopping begins in Kolkata, Patna, Amritsar

Diwali 2024: With Diwali knocking on the door, people across the country are gearing up to celebrate the festival with friends and family. See all the photos.

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Diwali falls on Thursday, October 31, and the preparations are in full swing. A market in Thane is decorated for the Diwali festivities, and people are seen doing Diwali shopping days before the Hindu festival. (HT Photo/ Praful Gangurde)

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Girls decked up in ethnic looks shop for decorating items for the Diwali festival from a road side shop at Nehru Path in Patna, Bihar, India, on October 25. (HT Photo/ Santosh Kumar)

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People are busy with Diwali shopping days before the Hindu festival. A Thane market is all lit-up for the Diwali season. (HT Photo/ Praful Gangurde)

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Diwali is the Festival of Lights. It commemorates the victory of good over evil. People are making the most of Diwali shopping at a Thane market. (HT Photo/ Praful Gangurde)

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Shops in Thane are selling colourful kandils ahead of the festival. These lanterns are generally hung in front of homes during the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali. (HT Photo/ Praful Gangurde)

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Diwali shopping begins as shoppers crowd a textile store in Lucknow's Bhootnath market on Friday. Many believe in the tradition of wearing new clothes on Diwali; it is rooted in the belief that it pleases the deities and brings blessings. (HT Photo)

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Shoppers buy decorative items at a market in Amritsar ahead of the Diwali festival on October 25. People decorate their homes with flowers and rangolis during the festival. (PTI)

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A woman buys decorative items ahead of the Diwali festival in Nadia, West Bengal on Friday. The tradition of lighting diya, or oil lamps, as well as bright string lights, is a central part of Diwali, (PTI)

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A potter in Noida makes earthen lamps or diyas ahead of Diwali festival. Diyas symbolise purity, and lighting them denotes dispelling darkness and going into light. (HT Photo/ Sunil Ghosh)

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A shopkeeper arranges decorative lights for sale ahead of Diwali celebrations, the Hindu festival of lights, in Kolkata on October 25. (REUTERS)