View image in fullscreenPeople explode firecrackers on roadsides in New Delhi as air pollution remains high in the Indian capital. Photograph: Yanni Rawat/JNA/ZUMA Press Wire/ShutterstockShare View image in fullscreenA student from a Hindu religious school lights earthen lamps in front of Mani Mandir – commemorating Lord Rama’s return to his kingdom, Ayodhya, after a 14-year exile – in Varanasi. Photograph: Niharika Kulkarni/AFP/Getty ImagesShare View image in fullscreenHindu devotees perform rituals, decorating floors with rangoli designs, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.Photograph: Faisal Bashir/SOPA Images/ShutterstockShare View image in fullscreenPeople burst firecrackers outside residential homes in New Delhi. India’s supreme court allowed the sale of certified green firecrackers, permitting their use only during certain hours throughout Diwali. Photograph: Yanni Rawat/JNA/ZUMA Press Wire/ShutterstockShare View image in fullscreenFireworks light up the night sky over Ajmer, Rajasthan.Photograph: Nadeem Khan/NurPhoto/ShutterstockShare View image in fullscreenDevotees and families with sparklers and firecrackers during Kali Puja, which is observed in West Bengal on the night of Diwali, in Kolkata.Photograph: Sudipta Das/JNA/ZUMA Press Wire/ShutterstockShare View image in fullscreenStudents of Cotton University light earthen lamps near a large rangoli in Guwahati.Photograph: David Talukdar/NurPhoto/ShutterstockShare View image in fullscreenPeople celebrate Diwali in New Delhi. A complete ban on firecrackers is restored from 9 November as authorities seek to curb air pollution in the capital. Photograph: Yanni Rawat/JNA/ZUMA Press Wire/ShutterstockShare View image in fullscreenA spinning ground firework releases a shower of golden sparks in Ajmer, Rajasthan.Photograph: Nadeem Khan/NurPhoto/ShutterstockShare View image in fullscreenWomen light sparklers in Ajmer.Photograph: Nadeem Khan/NurPhoto/ShutterstockShare View image in fullscreenAn Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard near the Ghanta Ghar (Clock Tower) in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.Photograph: Firdous Nazir/NurPhoto/ShutterstockShare View image in fullscreenA Hindu devotee lights diyas – traditional earthen oil lamps – near the Ghanta Ghar in Srinagar.Photograph: Firdous Nazir/NurPhoto/ShutterstockShare View image in fullscreenIndian businessmen pray in front of their record-keeping books as part of a ritual to worship the Hindu wealth deity Goddess Lakshmi in Ahmedabad.Photograph: Amit Dave/ReutersShare View image in fullscreenA Hindu devotee lights earthen lamps in Srinagar. Diwali is likely a fusion of harvest festivals in ancient India and is mentioned in early Sanskrit texts composed between the 7th and 10th centuries.Photograph: Farooq Khan/EPAShare View image in fullscreenDevotees perform rituals while worshipping an idol of Goddess Kali at the Kali Puja festival during Diwali in Siliguri, West Bengal.Photograph: Diptendu Dutta/ZUMA Press Wire/ShutterstockShare View image in fullscreenA woman with firecrackers in Hyderabad.Photograph: Mahesh Kumar A/APShare View image in fullscreenA drone formation depicting Lord Hanuman illuminates the night sky during Dilli Ki Diwali, organised by the Delhi government at Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi.Photograph: Adil Abass/ZUMA Press Wire/ShutterstockShare View image in fullscreenRoadside vendors display garlands of marigold flowers in Kolkata.Photograph: Bikas Das/APShare View image in fullscreenParticipants perform a martial arts display on the eve of the Diwali and Kali Puja festivals in Kolkata.Photograph: Debarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto/ShutterstockShare View image in fullscreenA family watches a drone show illuminating the night sky during Dilli Ki Diwali in New Delhi.Photograph: Adil Abass/ZUMA Press Wire/ShutterstockShare View image in fullscreenSikh devotees visit the illuminated Golden Temple on the eve of Diwali in Amritsar.Photograph: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty ImagesShare