Diwali isn’t what you thought it was—It’s actually Deep Daan Utsav, a Buddhist festival
Kalyani, K (2021) Diwali isn’t what you thought it was—It’s actually Deep Daan Utsav, a Buddhist festival. The Print.
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Abstract
Deep Daan Utsav is celebrated by Neo-Buddhists on the day of Kartik Amavasya as per the Hindi calendar. While it is celebrated across India as ‘Diwali’ or ‘the festival of lights’, its history is a contested one, torn between myth and appropriation. The practices surrounding the festival of lights might seem pan-Indian, but there are multiple historical vantage points from which one can look at Diwali.
| Item Type: | Newspaper Article | ||
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| Authors: | Kalyani, K | ||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bahujan, Buddha, Buddism, Dalit, Diwali, India | ||
| Subjects: | Social sciences > Social problems & services > Other social problems and services | ||
| Divisions: | Azim Premji University > School of Arts and Sciences | ||
| Full Text Status: | Public | ||
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| URI: | http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/5501 | ||
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