[Audio] Diwali, or Deepavali, a Sanskrit word meaning " rows of lightened lamps", is a Hindu-originated festival celebrated in India. The religious significance of Diwali varies regionally within India. One tradition links the festival to legends in the Hindu epic Ramayana, where Diwali is the day Lord Rama, Mata Sita, Lakshman and Hanuman reached Ayodhya after a period of 14 years in exile after Lord Rama's army of good defeated demon king Ravan's army of evil.. 

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Diwali, or Deepavali, a Sanskrit word meaning “rows of lightened lamps”, is a Hindu-originated festival celebrated in India. The religious significance of Diwali varies regionally within India. One tradition links the festival to legends in the Hindu epic Ramayana, where Diwali is the day Lord Rama, Mata Sita, Lakshman and Hanuman reached  Ayodhya  after a period of 14 years in exile after Lord Rama’s army of good defeated demon king  Ravan’s  army of evil.

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Diwali, or Deepavali, a Sanskrit word meaning "rows of lightened lamps", is a Hindu-originated festival celebrated in India.

The religious significance of Diwali varies regionally within India

One tradition links the festival to legends in the Hindu epic Ramayana, where Diwali is the day Lord Rama, Mata Sita, Lakshman and Hanuman reached Ayodhya after a period of 14 years in exile after Lord Rama's army of good defeated demon king Ravan's army of evil.

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