| Diwali or Deepavali, the festival of "rows of lights", is one of the most important of all Hindu festivals. The celebrations commence with a purifying oil bath and the lighting of lamps, symbolic of the spiritual light pervading the earth and the destruction of darkness and ignorance.[more] Here's a collection of miscellaneous Diwali pictures. © K. L. Kamat

Woman Observing Diwali

© K. L. Kamat

A Rangoli Design for Deepavali

© K. L. Kamat

Boys Selling Oil Lamps for Deepavali

© K. L. Kamat

Fireworks in the sky during Deepavali

© Vikas Kamat

"The Light of Deepavali"

© K. L. Kamat

Woman Holding a Oil Lamp
An ancient artifact from Shashwati Museum, Bangalore

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