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Potters in Reasi preserve traditional craft, create eco-friendly lamps for
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Pottery is one of the oldest crafts in India, and for generations, people have been illuminating their homes with these traditional diyas (oil lamps) during Diwali. The diyas are made from clay and are shaped by pressing a thumb into a ball of clay.
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Ahead of Diwali people throng markets in Guwahati
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
People have thronged to the market to buy oil lamps (diyas) to celebrate the festival of lights and Kali Puja.
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Nepal: Devotees light 2.5 lakh oil lamps in Janakpur to celebrate Pran Pra
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The city is glowing with lamps and colorful decorative celebrating the homecoming of the son-in-law.
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Glowing tribute: Kashmir's potter Umar prepares 10,000 oil lamps for Indep
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
This year, Diwali seems to have arrived early for Umar, as his skilled hands meticulously shape clay into 10,000 oil lamps commissioned by the administration for the upcoming Independence Day celebrations.
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Israel having trouble getting back antiquities loaned to White House
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Wanted: Ancient ceramic oil lamps from Israel. Last seen on loan to the White House and suspected to be at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
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Caves in central Israel possibly used for necromancy in Roman times
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The theory about the goings-on at the Te’omim (“Twins”) Cave located in the Jerusalem Hills follows the discovery of 120 intact oil lamps during an excavation last decade, most of which were dated to the second to fourth centuries C.E., researchers write in an article published in July in th
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J-K: Indian soldiers celebrate Diwali in Akhnoor sector by lighting oil la
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Indian soldiers celebrate Diwali in Jammu and kashmir's Akhnoor sector.
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Diwali 2022: CM Yogi offers prayers at Hanuman Garhi temple in Ayodhya
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offered prayers at the Hanuman Garhi temple in Ayodhya.
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Ayodhya Deepotsav scripts new Guinness World Record by lighting over 15.76
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 23 (ANI): A new Guinness World Record for the 'largest display of oil lamps' was set when more than 15.76 lakh earthen lamps were lit at the 'Ram ki Paidi' during the Yogi government's Deepotsav celebrations in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya on the eve of Di
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J-K: Army soldiers celebrate Diwali in Akhnoor
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Akhnoor [Jammu and Kashmir], October 23 (ANI): As the festivities began with Dhanteras on Saturday, Indian Army soldiers posted along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Akhnoor sector celebrated the auspicious festival by lighting oil lamps.
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Ayodhya Diwali preparations: Volunteers put oil lamps at Ram ki Paidi for
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 21 (ANI): Volunteers were on Friday given the task of arranging oil lamps on 'Ram ki Paidi', a series of ghats on the banks of Ayodhya's Saryu river, for Deepotsav on October 23, ahead of Diwali.
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Ayodhya's 'Deepotsav' enters Guinness World Records
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 3 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh's Department of Tourism and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University on Wednesday jointly entered in Guinness World Records for "largest display of oil lamps" during Deepotsava at Ram ki Paidi ghats in Ayodhya.
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