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The festival of Diwali was celebrated with great pomp from India to Burj Khalifa of Dubai.
While people across the country celebrated this festival of lights by lighting lamps and bursting fireworks, the excitement of Diwali was seen abroad too.
Fireworks were set off on Lakshmi Puja as part of the five-day Tihar festival in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, while a large number of devotees offered prayers at Sri Ponnambalavaneshwar Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
There was an atmosphere of enthusiasm in the country also on the occasion of Diwali. Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with security forces personnel at the Cobra Operations Base in Bastar, Chhattisgarh.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi also wished the countrymen a happy Diwali and was seen making sweets.
At the same time, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh celebrated the festival with the soldiers at Sherathang War Memorial in Gangtok.
Meanwhile, Dubai's Burj Khalifa was also seen colored in Diwali, with the message 'Happy Diwali' lit up on the building.
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