Directory of Diwali Resources

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This category lists pages and sites that tell about the Hindi festival of Diwali. Marking the start of the Hindu New Year, Diwali is celebrated for a period of 5 days each year. It always ends the 15th day of Hindu month of Ashwin, which falls somewhere in the months of October or November on the traditional calendar.

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Resources in This Category

• Can a Christian Celebrate Diwali?

  http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/diwali.htm
  Case study on whether a Hindu convert to Christianity can continue celebrating Diwali by reinterpreting it.

• Diwali in West Bengal

  http://www.calcuttayellowpages.com/diwali.html
  Features the celebration of the five day festival in Calcutta.

• Festivals of Bharat - Deepavali

  http://www.hindunet.org/festivals/deevali/
  Explains what the festival signifies and what each day means. From Hindunet.org.

• Indian Festivals: Diwali

  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Culture/Festivals/Diwali.html
  Very brief description of the festival.

• More About Diwali

  http://members.tripod.com/~jennifer_polan/hinduism/morediwali.html
  Interesting and practical information about the festival of lights in India.

• TeacherLink Lesson Plan - Diwali: Hindu New Year

  http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/DIWALI.html
  Mini-unit designed for use in the fourth through sixth grade classroom. Provided by Utah State University.

• The Story of Diwali

  http://members.tripod.com/~jennifer_polan/diwali.html
  Explains what the festival symbolizes, and how it is observed.

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