Diwali celebration in India is a massive festival for Hindus. This year, Diwali is being celebrated on Monday, 24 October.

Diwali is also known as Deepawali or Divali. Deepawali combines two words Deep or Diyas and aawali or row. Deepavali means a row or series of deeps or diyas. Diwali is celebrated in India and abroad by Hindus and other non-Hindu communities who reside there. Besides Hindus, other communities like Jain, Newar Buddhist, Sikh, etc., also celebrate Diwali. Diwali comes in October or November. According to the Hindu calendar, Diwali falls on Amavasya means dark night or no moon night in Kartika month.