Diwali

Dipavali (IAST: ), commonly known as Diwali (), is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions such as Jainism and Sikhism. It symbolises the spiritual victory of Dharma over Adharma, light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. Diwali is celebrated during the Hindu lunisolar months of Ashvin (according to the amanta tradition) and Kārtika – between around mid-October and mid-November. The celebrations generally last five or six days.

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festival celebrated by Hindus

Dhanteras (), also known as Dhanatrayodashi (), is the first day that marks the festival of Diwali or Tihar in most of India and Nepal.

Hindu festival

festive day dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Lakshmi

Sikh celebration

Hindu festival occurring on the first lunar day of the Shukla Paksha (bright fortnight) in the month of Kartik, the day after Diwali

Gorehabba ( in Kannada) is a local Hindu folklore festival celebrated in a village called Gumatapura, a Kannada-speaking village which lies on the border shared by Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Gumatapura, also spelled Gumatapur, was formerly part of Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka and was transferred to Tamil Nadu following the States Reorganisation Act.

Hindu festival

Balipratipada ('), also called as Bali-Padyami, Padva, Virapratipada or Dyutapratipada, is the fourth day of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. It is celebrated in honour of the notional return of the daitya-king Bali (Mahabali) to earth. Balipratipada falls in the Gregorian calendar months of October or November. It is the first (or 16th) day of the Hindu month of Kartika and is the first day of its bright lunar fortnight. In many parts of India such as Gujarat and Rajasthan, it is the regional traditional New Year Day in Vikram Samvat and also called the Bestu Varas' or Varsha Pratipada''

Deepavali in Jainism