Diwali is a five-day celebration of the symbolic victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. Though Diwali is one of the most important festivals of the Hindu faith, it is also embraced by Sikhs, Jains, and even some Buddhists. Celebrants often decorate their homes with oil lamps called diyas and create colorful patterns on the floor known as rangolis. Streets, markets, temples, and other public spaces are also illuminated with hanging lanterns like those seen in our homepage photo.
Diwali
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Happy Thanksgiving
-
International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
-
Spot on for International Cat Day
-
Winter solstice
-
Trevi Fountain, Rome, Italy
-
Full moon
-
Rock of ages
-
In the path of the pronghorn
-
Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
-
Rockin with the rockhoppers
-
Wanderin Wawayanda
-
A. M. Foster Bridge in Cabot, Vermont
-
Traveling warblers
-
Colorful cows of the reef
-
National Panda Day
-
Happy Canada Day!
-
Where the glow of the holidays lingers
-
Pride Month
-
Where is this gorgeous peak?
-
Ambassadors of the airwaves
-
Nothing plain about it
-
Guild houses of Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgium
-
Starling murmuration over the ruins of Brightons West Pier, England
-
Siblings Day
-
Brain coral
-
Haaga Rhododendron Park
-
Mont-Saint-Michel
-
Happy International Astronomy Day!
-
The birthplace of a classic Christmas carol
-
Raise your hand for Teacher Appreciation Day
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

