Chhatt Puja is celebrated every year with much exuberance in states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Bengal. However, celebrations are also witnessed in the national capital, where a large section of people from the aforementioned states live.
For Karthigai Deepam, the Gopuram of the temple and its premises are decorated with lights. The 10-day celebrations will begin on Friday with the flag hoisting, and later Lord Arunachaleswarar will be carried in procession atop the silver Vahanas.
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal joined the 'Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas' celebrations with a visit to a tribal village of Barbakra at Urang Basti near Rani on Wednesday.
Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar on Wednesday addressed the 'Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas celebrations' at Abhinav Theatre here to mark the birth anniversary of the tribal leader Birsa Munda.
Groups allegedly carrying Khalistani flags gate-crashed the Diwali festivities in Canada's Brampton and started hurling stones at the people celebrating the festival, Khalsa Vox reported.
After the successful celebrations of Deepotsav 2023 in Ayodhya, the Yogi Adityanath government is all set to offer better health services to the lakhs of devotees arriving from all corners of the country for the upcoming Kartik Snan Mela, 14 Kosi Parikrama and Panchkosi Parikrama of Ayodhya,
Highlighting the importance of Diwali, United Nations General Assembly President Dennis Francis has said that the festival transcends cultural boundaries and serves as a universal inspiration in our collective pursuit.
During the celebrations, the Ladli Bahans applied tilak to Chief Minister and he extended greetings and best wishes to all the women. The Chief Minister also joined the Ladli Bahnas as they sang prayers, and wishes for him and shared a few dance steps with the women on the occasion.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated the 70th All India Cooperative Week celebrations across Jammu and Kashmir and launched various new initiatives in Cooperative sector on Tuesday.
In the aftermath of the Diwali celebrations, roads in Tamil Nadu's capital city Chennai were left littered with fireworks waste and the air quality dipped to poor early Monday morning.
Post-Diwali celebrations have left the pollution hanging in the air as smoky smog. Roads of the city have also been littered with remains of crackers, boxes of sweets, edibles, beverage bottles and other such waste.