Festival of Light spreads cheer across nation

Diwali is celebrated as the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness. (Photo: PTI/ AP)

Indian Hindu saints and others give final touches to a Rangoli, a colorful Indian art form used to decorate homes on Diwali and other festivals, ahead of Diwali at a Swaminarayan temple in Ahmadabad. (Photo: AP)

Lanterns and lamps hang at a roadside stalls ahead of Diwali in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (Photo: AP)

ocial activists sit near earthen lamps, lit in a formation that reads 'No Crackers', to urge people not to burn crackers on Diwali festival, in Amritsar. (Photo: PTI)

Widows celebrating Diwali at Gopinath Temple in Vrindavan near Mathura. (Photo: PTI)

Woman teachers pose with Diwali greeting messages at a school in Moradabad. (Photo: PTI)

Idol of Goddess Kali being carried on a matadoor to a worshipping place from a workshop in Kolkata. (Photo: AP)

Idol of Goddess Kali being carried to a worshipping place from a workshop in Kolkata on Tuesday ahead of Kali puja. (Photo: PTI)

Children (patients) from the Wadia Hospital celebrate eco-friendly and traditional Diwali by making a miniature fort in the hospital premises in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Muslim women offering prayers to Lord Rama to promote communal harmony on the occasion of Diwali festival in Varanasi. (Photo: PTI)

Border security force (BSF) soldiers light candles near the International border fence at Pargwal about 40 kms from Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Goddess Kali idol being carried to a worshipping place from a studio on the eve of the Kali puja in Kolkata on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)