Diwali 2025: Here's how India celebrated the festival of lights

Diwali in India was celebrated with great enthusiasm, bursting crackers, wearing new clothes, offering prayers, and lighting earthen lamps. Here are some stunning pictures capturing the essence of this vibrant festival of lights.

People release sky lanterns during the ‘Diwali’ festival celebration in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.

People light firecrackers as part of Diwali festival celebrations in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

People light firecrackers as part of the Diwali festival celebrations in New Delhi.

People burst firecrackers on the occasion of the ‘Diwali’ festival in Bengaluru.

People light firecrackers as part of the Diwali festival celebrations in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.

Priests perform 'Ganga Aarti' during the 'Diwali' festival celebrations at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi.

BSF personnel light candles during the 'Diwali' festival near the India-Bangladesh border in Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal.

An inside view of the Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple, decorated with earthen lamps during the 'Diwali' festival in Jaipur.

An aerial view of people visiting the Swaminarayan Temple illuminated with lights on the occasion of the ‘Diwali’ at the Swaminarayan Temple in Rajkot, Gujarat.

A priest performs 'aarti' at the Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple during the 'Diwali' festival in Jaipur.

Fireworks light up the sky over the Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple during the 'Diwali' festival in Jaipur.

People burst firecrackers on the occasion of the ‘Diwali’ festival in New Delhi.

A student of Shree Samartha Vyayam Mandir performs 'Mallakhamba' as fireworks light up the sky in the backdrop during the 'Diwali' festival in Mumbai.

People light ‘diyas’, earthen lamps, on the occasion of the ‘Diwali’ festival at Lal Chowk in Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir.