Diwali Night Sky
It is a time of prayer fellowship and feasting explains asha shipman the hindu chaplain at yale university.
Diwali night sky. Daylight is fading twilight comes dancing now is the time for dancing romancing sky draws a black veil to welcome the dark. The night sky fills with impressive fireworks much more than on any other day throughout india. Homes are lit with diyas and gifts are exchanged between family and friends.
C poem by roann mendriq. On the night of diwali celebrants light dozens of candles and clay lamps called diyas placing them throughout their homes and in the streets to light up the dark night. Millions of indians were setting off deafening.
In this late sunday nov3 2013 photograph a man watches diwali fireworks light up the night sky above ajmer town in rajasthan state india. Diwali also called divali or deepavali is a festival of lights that celebrates the triumph of light over dark and good over evil and the blessings of victory freedom and enlightenment. The night sky glitters and rumbles from firecrackers.
New delhi chief minister arvind kejriwal has banned firecrackers this year. However shipman anticipates that diwali celebrations might look and feel a little different due to the ongoing covid 19 pandemic. The name comes from sanksrit dipavali meaning row of lights.
A thick smog lingered over the indian capital and its suburbs on friday fed by smoke from raging agricultural fires. Happydiwali celebration firecrackers nightsky. On diwali night people lit up the sky with firecrackers their smoke causing air pollution that takes days to clear.