Diwali Celebrations in India

Children light lamps in the shape of Swastika, on the eve of festival of Diwali, in Chandigarh.

A Sikh devotee prays in front of the illuminated Golden Temple in Amritsar on the eve of the festival of Diwali.

A boy sells an idol of Goddess Lakshmi and god Ganesh in Allahabad on the eve of Diwali.

A girl lights an earthen lamp in Amritsar on the eve of the festival of Diwali.

Children preparing a rangoli on the eve of festival of lights in Ahmedabad.

Delegates from UK purchase candles and crackers on the eve of Diwali in Jalandhar.

Members of the All India Anti-Terrorist Front make World Peace symbol with 1600 earthen lamps in Chandigarh.