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Shri Rama Returns to Ayodhya

The popular North Indian tradition connecting lamps with Rama’s homecoming.

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Shri Rama Returns to Ayodhya

After exile and the victory in Lanka, Shri Rama, Sita and Lakshmana returned to Ayodhya. The city welcomed them with rows of lamps. In this telling, Diwali celebrates homecoming, public joy and the restoration of just rule.

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