This festival only celebrated in Varanasi happens 2 weeks after Diwali and means the "Diwali of the Gods", so it's the festival of lights of the Gods.
At this occasion, the steps of all the ghats on the riverfront of the Ganges River are lit with more than a million diyas (earthen lamps) in honour of Ganga, the Ganges, and its presiding goddess. The gods are believed to descend to Earth to bathe in the Ganges on this day.
Like during Diwali, homes are decorated with oil lamps and colored designs on their front doors. Firecrackers are burnt at night, and paper lamp are lighted.
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