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Indians celebrate Diwali by lighting a record number of clay lamps


Indians celebrate Diwali by lighting a record number of clay lamps

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians began celebrating the annual Hindu festival Festival of Lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million clay oil lamps at dusk on Wednesday on the banks of the Saryu River in a northern Indian city they believe is the birthplace of the deity Lord Ram. Diwali is […]