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Students celebrate Diwali by lighting earthern lamps inside the Banaras Hindu University, in Varanasi. (PTI photo)
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A woman selling flowers waits for customers at a market place ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali in Mumbai, India. (REUTERS photo/Niharika Kulkarni)
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People shop for lanterns at a market ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali in Mumbai, India. (REUTERS photo/Niharika Kulkarni)
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People visit a crowded Lajpat Nagar market on ‘Dhanteras’ ahead of the ‘Diwali’ festival, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)
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Customers shop for decorative lights ahead of Diwali festival, in Jalandhar. (PTI Photo)
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People buy firecrackers ahead of Diwali festival in Prayagraj, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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A vendor selling plastic waits for customers at a crowded Lajpat Nagar market ahead of the ‘Diwali’ festival. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)
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Fireworks light the sky on the eve of Diwali festival at Anasagar lake in Ajmer. (PTI Photo)
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People buy designer earthen lamps and decoration items ahead of Diwali festival in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)
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People shop for firecrackers ahead of Diwali festival, in Chennai. (PTI Photo)