| I recall a drive outside Delhi on Diwali, and we passed village after village lit up like a fairyland, with hundreds of clay diyas. |
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| I recall a drive outside Delhi, and we passed village after village lit up like a fairyland, with hundreds of clay diyas. |
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| Fireworks whizzed into the sky and diyas and sparkles brought light into many an eye. |
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| During Diwali, for instance, it was difficult to tell if the diyas were lit on the parapet of our house or on that of our Hindu neighbours. |
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| We had decorated ours with small diyas on every balcony and ledge, and the natural geometry of the hostel building made the entire effect dazzling. |
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| Owner Rajesh Bhardwaj and his team decorated the restaurant with more than 200 diyas and candles, some four feet high. |
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| A little girl sold us mud diyas with little candles in them. |
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| Known as the Festival of Lights, Diwali is traditionally observed by lighting small oil lamps called diyas. |
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| Traditional earthen diyas or candles are lit, and houses are decorated with colourful rangoli artworks – patterns created on the floor using coloured rice or powder. |
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