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Bowl of sesame oil with sesame seeds for the Diwali abhyanga bathDr. Satish Upalkar / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Earthen diyas lit for Kali PujaGoutam1962 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Bankura terracotta horses from BishnupurAmartyabag / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Oil lamps glowing for Kali Puja at Marble Palace, KolkataSammya Brata / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Nolen gurer sandesh, KolkataTAPAS KUMAR HALDER / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Soft Bengali sandeshBilljones94 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Bhai Dooj aarti thaliপাপৰি বৰা / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Five-wick brass diyaAmitbsws / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Clay diyas glowing on a rangoliBenoy / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Mixed dry fruits - cashews, almonds and makhanaSonia Goyal Jaipur / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Whole cashew nutsBilljones94 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Giant Narkasur effigy paraded in Goa on Narak Chaturdashi nightNukedr / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Fresh kokum fruitsPhadke09 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Beaten rice (pohe)Sanjay Acharya / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Crisp chorafali stripsSaurinjoshi / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Plate of ghughra pastriesHarsh25shah / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Diwali rangoli with a lit diyaKushal Patel 07 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Embroidered Kutchi toran with mirror workWmpearl / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · source
Crisp mathiya namkeenMiansari66 / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · source
Squares of mohanthal on a plateDkgohil / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
An open box full of assorted barfi and mithaisecretlondon123 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Artisans turning lacquered wooden toys in a Channapatna workshopKartikMistry / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
A potter at his wheel in Kumbharwada, DharaviSriChinnu / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Hand-shaped terracotta from Panchmura, BankuraSuvadipSanyal / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
A women's self-help group meeting in Cuddalore district, Tamil NaduPondicherry17 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
A potter shaping clay on a traditional wheelGannu03 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Plate of chakkuli spiralsShammisuneel / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Colourful lacquered Channapatna wooden toysPratheepps / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Brown caramelised Dharwad pedhasUnknown / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · source
Mysore Palace lit up with thousands of bulbs at nightKomalvermarjn / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Crunchy ring-shaped kodubaleSgsreeni / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Piece of Mysore pak on a banana leafCharles Haynes / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Mysore Sandal soap bar, since 1916Shyamal L. / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Glowing akash kandil lanternLe Priyavrat / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Anarse with poppy seedsRaj.Ranveer / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Besan laddoosNandhinikandhasamy / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Bowl of spiral chakliPilotChicago / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Bowl of crunchy chivdaDamien Ramon Naidoo / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Plate of Diwali faral snacks - chakli, ladoo, chivda and karanjiNitinberlekar / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Karanji frying golden in hot oilFoody1989 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Crisp golden shankarpaliVijay Sonar / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · source
Stack of roasted papadsWindell H. Oskay / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5 · source
Diyas lit at the Golden Temple, Amritsar on Diwali / Bandi Chhor DivasAayush sharma 923 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Close-up of Phulkari embroideryKritzolina / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Plate of Punjabi pinniDivas Grover, reprocessed by Off-shell / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Bowl of Bikaneri bhujiaBilljones94 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Jaipur street lit up with Diwali light decorationsMarc Shandro from Calgary, Canada / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · source
Hand-painted Jaipur blue potteryNeek-Theri / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Jaggery adhirasam from SalemThamizhpparithi Maari / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Brass kuthu vilakku lampsIramuthusamy / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Homemade Deepavali lekiyam in a bowlChronikhiles / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Cold-pressed gingelly (sesame) oil with black sesame seedsILUAMUTHU / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Diyas glowing on a kolam for DeepavaliRajasree Rajasekaran / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Peanut and jaggery kadalai mittaiZeel Patel / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Crunchy murukkuThamizhpparithi Maari / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Diwali kolam with lit diyas at a Hyderabad doorwayAbhinaba Basu / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · source
Plate of Kakinada kajaB.K.Viswanadh / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Painted Kondapalli wooden toysBalamurugan Natarajan from chennai, India / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · source
Paper-thin putharekulu rolls with dry fruitsBalajijagadesh / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Agra pethaPJ.wikilovesfood / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Tray of motichoor laddoosGaurav Dhwaj Khadka / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Gold-woven Banarasi brocadeUnknown author / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · source
Ayodhya ghats lit with lakhs of diyas for DeepotsavAbhimanyu7793 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Brass idol of Goddess LakshmiVedSutra / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source