Diwali, the Fest­iv­al of Lights – a Hindu cel­eb­ra­tion that, accord­ing to Wiki­pe­dia, cel­eb­rates the tri­umph of good over evil, was cel­eb­rated in Wel­ling­ton over the week­end at an event at the Town Hall.

Deepavali or Diwali, is one of the most pop­u­lar fest­ivals of India and of Hindus. It is also one of the most eagerly awaited fest­ivals in the Indi­an sub­con­tin­ent. Busi­ness men and com­mer­cial estab­lish­ments, con­sider it as an oppor­tun­ity to boost their sales and increase profits, while indi­vidu­als use the occa­sion to cel­eb­rate life and strengthen rela­tion­ships. For chil­dren it is a great oppor­tun­ity to exper­i­ence the joys of grow­ing up and get acquain­ted with all types of fire crack­ers. It comes in the Hindu month of Ash­way­uja, (also known as Ash­win or Aip­pasi), as per the lun­ar cal­en­dar and cor­res­ponds roughly with either Octo­ber or Novem­ber depend­ing upon the move­ment of the sun and the moon and their rel­at­ive pos­i­tions in space and time. [from wiki­pe­dia]

Pho­to­graph­er Karim Sahai was at the Town Hall, and took a few pho­tos of the beau­ti­ful look­ing lights and action. Blog­ger Dave5 was also there, and he added some pho­tos to his Flash5 flickr pro­file, of the lovely Diwali lights designed by the Mas­sey Tex­tile Design depart­ment.