This year,Brisbane is getting behind Diwali – the biggest event on the Hindu calendar – more than ever before.
In the suburbs,Sikhism,Hinduism and Buddhism are flourishing as Christianity plummets in a society with more atheists than ever.
If the cricket gods are smiling on India,the crowning moment will come on Sunday with captain Rohit Sharma marking an undefeated campaign by lifting the World Cup in front of 130,000 fans.
Melbourne’s Indian community celebrated the beginning of the Diwali,the festival of lights,on Saturday,but paused to remember five locals killed in the crash in Daylesford.
In this Explainer from our archives,we look at where Diwali came from and what it means today.
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
Docklands will be transformed into a mini Delhi on Saturday with flowers,dance and colour as thousands of revellers celebrate the festival of lights.
Images captured inside No. 10 this Diwali told a story Britons have never heard before:the prime minister,hands together in prayer,a garland of roses around his neck.
During last year’s festival of lights,pollution emissions from the firecrackers alone contributed to the Indian capital recording its worst air quality in years.