Tag: diwali
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Diwali 2024 celebrated by NHS staff
Monday 30th October 2024: Over 100 Hindu medics at Manchester Royal Infirmary came together to mark Diwali. In addition to switching on lights across the Oxford Road Campus, Lakshmi Puja was performed inside the Board Room of the Manchester Foundation Trust (MFT). Covering 11 hospitals, the MFT is the largest NHS trust in the UK.…
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Ayodhya Diwali 2024: 2.5 million Divas illuminate banks of Sarayu
On the eve of Diwali (30th November 2024), Ayodhya set a new world record by lighting 2.5 million divas (oil/ghee lamps) along the Sarayu River. This was the first Deepotsav celebration following the consecration of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir in Ayodhya with a total of 80,000 divas being arranged, in the shape of a…
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Trump’s Diwali message highlights plight ofBangladeshi Hindus
31st October 2024: Ahead of Diwali, Donald Trump (now President of the USA) posted on X (formerly Twitter): “I strongly condemn the barbaric violence against Hindus, Christians, and other minorities who are getting attacked and looted by mobs in Bangladesh, which remains in a total state of chaos…We will also protect Hindu Americans against the…
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Downing Street apologies for serving meat and alcohol at Diwali event
Friday 15th November: 10 Downing Street issued an official apology for serving meat and alcohol at its Diwali celebration, following widespread condemnation by the British Hindu community. In addition to pressure from several community leaders and Hindu organisations, MP for Leicester East; Shivani Raja, wrote to Prime Minister Kier Starmer expressing her disappointment and also…
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Diwali: festival of inner illumination
This week, Hindus across the world celebrate Diwali which can span up to 6-7 days. There are several puranic narratives and rituals associated with the many days of Diwali celebrated by different communities. Cutting across diverse regional customs is the ritual of lighting rows of lamps signifying the cultivation of truth, knowledge and inner divinity…