Images: How multicultural Diwali is!

  [caption id=“attachment_523497” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  A woman lights a candle ahead of Diwali, in Ahmedabad. AP[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_523488” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Sikh devotees light candles on Diwali as they pay their respects at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. AFP[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_523489” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  School girls light candles beside the ‘Rangoli’ during Diwali. AFP[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_523490” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Diwali is one of the occasions when the multicultural identity of India finds its expressions. AP[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_523491” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  AP[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_523492” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  A firecracker lights up the sky as candles and lamps are seen lit across a field ahead of Diwali, in Allahabad. AP[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_523493” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  People crowd at a wholesale flower market ahead of Diwali, in Kolkata. Reuters[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_523496” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Hindu priests hold oil lamps as they perform prayers on the steps of Sindhiya Ghat during the Karthik Purnima and Dev Diwali festival in Varanasi. Reuters[/caption]