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Article: Diwali The Festival of light: When good defeated evil; The Hindu legend of an epic struggle.
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- Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
- Article date:
- October 18, 2000
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DIWALI - otherwise known as Deepawali - is the Festival of Lights, one of the best-known festivals of India, celebrating, among the Hindu community, the return home of Ram and his wife Sita after 14 years of conquering life's adversities.
As legend has it, King Dashrath ruled the rich and prosperous city of Ayodhya. He had three wives and Kaikayi was his ...