Deepavali, the beloved festival of lights, has been inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. This recognition celebrates the festival's deep cultural significance, its values of ...

Kolam design adding a splash of colour to IOI Damansara’s Deepavali celebration. With the Festival of Lights approaching, Malaysians from all walks of life are coming together to celebrate a season of ...

The festival of Deepavali earned global recognition on Wednesday as UNESCO added the festival to its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The announcement came during a ...

In many South Indian households, the ‘kuthu vilakku’ is lit first thing on Deepavali morning. Most Malaysians know the familiar flow of Deepavali. Prayers the night before, oil baths at dawn, temple ...

Three generations come together as Mishalini Sundar (right) learns to make kallu urundai (stone balls) from her aunt, double-leg amputee Santhi Perumal (centre), and her grand-aunt, Ramayee ...

It's official: Deepavali is now a certified world-class treasure. At its 20th session – held appropriately enough at Delhi's iconic Red Fort – the UNESCO committee officially added India's Festival of ...

Deepavali, the festival of lights celebrated across India and by millions worldwide, has been officially inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The ...

Chennai: The makers of director Manoj NS’s ‘Moonwalk’, featuring actor Prabhudeva in the lead, on Wednesday announced that ...

Close your eyes. Inhale. What do you smell? Not the grand, obvious things, but the whispers in the air, the ghosts of festivities from the past and the present. For a festival of lights, it is ...

Guess what? Something super exciting has happened, Deepavali (or Diwali), the festival we all love for lights, sweets, rangolis, and new clothes, has been added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural ...