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Diwali 2024 Live Update: Delhi air quality ‘very poor’ amid fireworks

Diwali 2024 Live Update: Delhi air quality ‘very poor’ amid fireworks

Diwali 2024: India celebrated Diwali with candles and firecrackers on Thursday. Air quality in Delhi was “very poor” around 9:30 pm. The festival of lights, also known as Deepavali, marks the victory of good over evil, light over darkness and happiness over despair. It is a major Hindu festival celebrated every year on Amavasya Tithi in the month of Kartik to mark the return of Lord Ram to Ayodhya.

According to Hindu mythology, Lord Ram along with Mata Sita and Lakshman returned to Ayodhya on this day after completing 14 years of exile. The people of Ayodhya lit thousands of bonfires to mark the occasion. Therefore, the tradition is preserved to this day.

Badi Diwali will be celebrated on October 31, according to the head priest of Ayodhya Ram Acharya Satyendra Maharaj. On Deepavali, devotees worship Maa Lakshmi, Lord Ganesha and Lord Kuber and seek their blessings.

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