NewsIn today's News Deepavali Festival celebratedMembers of the country's Hindu community celebrate Deepavali Festival today. Known as the 'Festival of Lights' it signifies the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. The festival is also being celebrated in the North on a grand scale. Hindu devotees also prayed for rains to fall so that the coming Maha Season would yield a bountiful harvest. The following images are Hindu devotees taking part in religious observances at the Kurumankaadu Kaali Amman Kovil in Vavuniya.

Source: Sunday Times October 29, 2016 11:18 UTC