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Indians celebrate Diwali by lighting a record number of earthen lamps

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians began celebrating the annual Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million earthen oil lamps at dusk on Wednesday on the banks of the Saryu River in a northern…

PM Modi says Diwali 2024 is special because it is “for the first time in 500 years…”

Diwali 2024: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said Diwali, the “festival of lights”, is “special” as for the first time in 500 years, Lord Ram, also known as Ram Lalla, will celebrate the festival at the Ayodhya temple. “I…