[Part 2] This is how India celebrates Diwali

40 amazing photos of DIWALI 2017

One of the major festivals celebrated in India is ‘Deepawali’ popularly known as the festival of light and joy. We ask photographers to share pictures of this amazing festival. Till now we got more than 300 entries in FESTIVAL OF LIGHT & JOY Photo contest . Check out how India celebrates Diwali 2017.

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1. Diwali girl…Photo by Rathin Dey

She lighting up diwali diya.

2. Happy Diwali…Photo by Suman s rao

3. Festival of lights…Photo by Kunal Harsh

4. Festival of Light…Photo by Mitesh Patil

5. LIGHT OF FESTIVAL…Photo by Krishnendu Palit

6. Festival of Light…Photo by SOURISH

Glimpses of Light.

7. Diya With Bokeh !…Photo by Hrushikesh Pardhi

Diwali is festival of bokeh for a photographer ! isnt it ? here is the mixture of traditional and photographer’s diwali !

8. Diwali is the fest of Spreading Happiness…Photo by Sanket Ghadi

May the beauty inside you shine brighter than ever. May good health & prosperity be by your side. Love & Happiness to you all Happy Diwali!

9. Festival of Happiness…Photo by Storyteller

She’s got that kinda smile you wanna drop everything and buy a camera for…

10. Happiness is in the air!!…Photo by aishwarya kumar

11. Happy Diwali…Photo by Arvind T. Akki

Children enjoying the fireworks in Auroville

12. Diwali uploads..Photo by ROHAN RAO

13. Happy diwali…Photo by Harshawardhan Nevkar

14. Day of lamps…Photo by Ghanshyam Kahar

At diwali a big festival of (hindustan) india.

15. Rangoli…Photo by Debashis Mukherjee

Sisters are making rangoli on diwali day.

16. Diwali bash…Photo by Dipaali Pralhad

With my complete traditional look on diwali..मराठी मुलगी

17. Let it brighten your Life.!..Photo by Hitesh Parmar

Image clicked during festive season, Rangoli made by my fiance.

18. Lights…Photo by Paresh Khartade

Happy Diwali

19. Diya with rangoli…Photo by KNACK OMKAR SAWANT

20. Joyful Lights…Photo by Sutikshan Dhawan

21. Nothing should dim your light…Photo by Sharvari Jadhav

22. Smiling girl dreaming her own way…Photo by Pooja Kapoor

I click this during dev diwali .In varanasi celebrate dev diwali with burning diyas in every ghat.

23. Diwali Diya…Photo by Manish Bhardwaj

Diwali is incomplete without the combination of light and darkness and i tried to capture both. Happy with the result. ❤️

24. Festival of light & joy…Photo by Amruta Dhabale

25. Give light to everyone…Photo by Anjali Tyagi

26. Light your world…Photo by Harshit Doshi

27. Light of Diwali…Photo by Avishek Das

A little monk is lighting up the soil made diyas on the street of Varanasi river bank during Diwali night.

28. The lighting bokeh of joy…Photo by Hemant Pant

It’s better to light the candle than to curse the darkness — Unknown

29. “You can disguise any face with lights and shadows”…Photo by Harsha Vardhana

30. FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS…Photo by Sumit Dhaigude

31. Leave a little sparkle wherever you go…Photo by Siddhesh Karandekar

32. Festival is lights of joy…Photo by Akash Jain

33. Leading Lights of Joy…Photo by Kishore PNS

May this diwali ,burn all your bad times and let good times enter you.

34. Akash kandil…Photo by Akash Kumbhar

35. Happy Deewali..#Diva #panati…Photo by Yash Powar

Keep your flame lit,and you will never feel darkness.

36. #Happy Diwali#…Photo by Karanti Kumar

37. #happydiwali…Photo by Daksh Jain

38. The Search…Photo by Nisha Tiwari

39. Diwali bokeh…Photo by Harshal Bhangale

40. Dipawali…Photo by Maitri Sharma

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