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Diwali celebrations!

Updated: November 13, 2012 17:55 IST
A woman shops on eve of Diwali in Jammu, Nov. 12, 2012. Diwali is marked by lighting lamps and offering prayers to the goddess of wealth Lakshmi, will be celebrated on Nov. 13. (AP Photo)
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A woman shops on eve of Diwali in Jammu, Nov. 12, 2012. Diwali is marked by lighting lamps and offering prayers to the goddess of wealth Lakshmi, will be celebrated on Nov. 13. (AP Photo)
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A roadside shopkeeper of artificial decorative flowers waits for customers on eve of Diwali in Jammu, Nov. 12, 2012. Diwali is marked by lighting lamps and offering prayers to the goddess of wealth Lakshmi, will be celebrated on Nov. 13. (AP Photo)
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A woman shops on eve of Diwali in Jammu, Nov. 12, 2012. Diwali is marked by lighting lamps and offering prayers to the goddess of wealth Lakshmi, will be celebrated on Nov. 13. (AP Photo)
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Women shop for idol of lord Ganesh for prosperity and Goddess Lakhsmi for wealth on the occasion of Diwali in Kolkata, Nov. 12, 2012. Diwali is marked by lighting lamps and offering prayers to the goddess of wealth Lakshmi, will be celebrated on Nov. 13. (AP Photo)
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People shop on the eve of Diwali in Kolkata, Nov. 12, 2012. Diwali is marked by lighting lamps and offering prayers to the goddess of wealth Lakshmi, will be celebrated on Nov. 13. (AP Photo)
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People shop on the eve of Diwali in Kolkata, Nov. 12, 2012. Diwali is marked by lighting lamps and offering prayers to the goddess of wealth Lakshmi, will be celebrated on Nov. 13. (AP Photo)
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Hindu priests perform rituals as devotees gather around an idol of god Hanuman during Hanuman Jayanti festival in Allahabad, Nov. 12, 2012. Hanuman Jayanti commemorates the birth of Hanuman, which is celebrated in some parts of northern Indian ahead of Diwali. (AP Photo)
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Indians light candles ahead of Diwali in Allahabad, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo)
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A firecracker lights up the sky as candles and lamps are seen lit across a field ahead of Diwali in Allahabad, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo)
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A girl lights an earthen lamp ahead of Diwali in Ahmadabad. (AP Photo)