Diwali and Bandi Chor Divas are commonly celebrated by lighting Indian lamps which can either be called diyas or divas. Hindus visit the Mandir (Hindu temple), and Sikhs visit the Gurdwara (Sikh ...

Introduction Play relevant sections of your chosen song/s and ask the children what they think the lyrics could suggest about the Hindu festival of Diwali. Display the gallery of diva lights and ...

For Sikhs, Diwali overlaps with Bandi Chhor Divas, which commemorates the day ... performing religious ceremonies, stringing ...

Celebrants light rows of traditional clay oil lamps outside their homes ... Sikhs celebrate Bandi Chhor Divas – a day that overlaps with Diwali – to commemorate the release of Guru Hargobind ...