HAPPY DIWALI AND SAAL MUBARAK TO BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA FROM ALL OF US, COURTSEY JAINA
Over two dozen influential lawmakers along with eminent Indian-Americans gathered at the Capitol Hill to lit the traditional "diyas".
continue reading: US lawmakers celebrate Diwali
The Significance of Diwali, Auroville Universal Township:
'The Diwali or Deepavali festival marks the victory of good over evil. The Sanskrit word “Deepavali” means “an array of lights” and signifies the victory of brightness over darkness. As the knowledge of Sanskrit diminished, the name was popularly modified to Diwali, especially in northern India...' continue reading
See: Vidoes:
National Geographic, PBS
On the same shelf, see books on the Subject:
- MESSAGE OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE TO THE HINDUS ON THE FEAST OF DIWALI (27 OCTOBER 2000) -- Extract:
It is Pope John Paul II who, during his last journey to India, reminded us once again that the “Catholic Church wants to enter ever more deeply into dialogue with the religions of the world. She sees dialogue as an act of love which has its roots in God himself. ‘God is love’, proclaims the New Testament, ‘and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him…Let us love, then, because he has loved us first…no one who fails to love the brother whom he sees can love God whom he has not seen’ (First Letter of St. John, 4:16, 19-20)” [Meeting at Vigyan Bhavan with Representatives of Other Religions and Christian Confessions, 7th November 1999]. -- A correction of the media (Pope John Paul II's forehead marked with a tilak by Hindu Priestess) reports' "The Mark of Shiva - For Sean O'Lachtnáin's Home Page"
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- DIWALI! (Amma, Tell Me About)
Bhakti Mathur
- Lighting a Lamp: A Diwali Story (Festival Time) Jonny Zucke
- Diwali: A Cultural Adventure Sana Sood
- Diwali (Rookie Read-About Holidays) Trudi Strain Trueit
- Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Diwali: With Sweets, Lights, and Fireworks Deborah Heiligman
- Story of Divaali Verma Jatinder
- Diwali (Acorn: Holidays and Festivals) Nancy Dickmann
- Diwali (Celebrations in My World) Kate Torpie
- Divali Rose Vashanti Rahaman
- Divali (Why Is This Festival Special) Jillian Powell
- Festival of Light ; Deepavali Legends from Around India Radhika Sekar
- Dipavali Siddhinathananda
- Dipavali: Lekhanannal Kuttippula Krsnapilla
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