Diwali is also celebrated

by Sikhs and Jains. Diwali means Diwali is a five-day

“rows of lighted celebration.
lamps”.
Gifts are exchanged - often
sweets or candles. Homes
Mehndi patterns are are decorated and oil
drawn on hands. lamps are lit.

Diwali
Prayers are said to Lakshmi, The festival is calculated
the goddess of wealth and by the lunar Hindu calendar,
good fortune. which falls on different days
each year.

Fireworks are another big Diwali is the Hindu “festival of lights” which celebrates the New Year.
part of the celebrations. It is India’s most important holiday. People decorate their homes
Diwali is celebrated by Hindus in Britain and all over the world. and temples by drawing rangoli
patterns on the ground outside.