Word: diwali
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Members of Dharma, Harvard’s Hindu Students Association, came together at the Lowell House Masters’ residence on Sunday night to light candles, sing, and offer prayers at a celebration of Diwali, the festival of lights...
Diana L. Eck and Dorothy A. Austin, the Lowell House Masters, recalled past Diwali celebrations that took place in tiny common rooms...
...celebration opened with prayers to the Hindu gods, Lord Ganesha and Goddess Saraswati. Volunteers were then asked to share stories and experiences of Diwali. Some spoke of traditions with their parents and siblings, while others spoke of their Dharma community...
...knick-knacks. Both areas were favorites of lower-middle-class Indians. And when the devices were detonated, between 5:30 and 6:00 p.m., both places were packed with families of all faiths buying gifts, fireworks and fairy lights on the last shopping day before the Hindu festival of Diwali, the Festival of Light. Sixteen died in Paharganj, 39 in Sarojini Nagar. A third explosion, on a bus in Okhla, south Delhi, reportedly killed three. "I saw one child, not more than six months old, its body split by the blast," said Paharganj handicrafts store-owner Neeraj Chawla. "And there...
...south Delhi; while police defused another in Chandi Chowk.) Chawla's handicrafts store is just meters away from the epicenter of the blast, which took place in an intersection packed with shoppers-including women and children-doing last-minute shopping for the festival of Diwali, the biggest Hindu holiday of the year...