Lighting lamps on Diwali

Published: 05 Nov 2021 00:11 BdST Updated: 05 Nov 2021 00:11 BdST

Hindus celebrate Diwali, a festival of lights, by lighting lamps with prayers to drive the evil forces away at Ramna Kali Temple in Dhaka on Thursday, Nov 4, 2021, weeks after a series of deadly anti-Hindu attacks in parts of Bangladesh. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
  • Workers decorate Ramna Kali Temple in Dhaka to celebrate Diwali, Nov 4, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

    Workers decorate Ramna Kali Temple in Dhaka to celebrate Diwali, Nov 4, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

  • A young woman lights lamps at Ramna Kali Temple in Dhaka to mark Diwali on Thursday, Nov 4, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

    A young woman lights lamps at Ramna Kali Temple in Dhaka to mark Diwali on Thursday, Nov 4, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

  • A young woman lights lamps at Ramna Kali Temple in Dhaka to mark Diwali on Thursday, Nov 4, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

    A young woman lights lamps at Ramna Kali Temple in Dhaka to mark Diwali on Thursday, Nov 4, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

  • Hindu devotees begin celebrating Diwali by lighting lamps at Ramna Kali Temple in Dhaka on Thursday, Nov 4, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

    Hindu devotees begin celebrating Diwali by lighting lamps at Ramna Kali Temple in Dhaka on Thursday, Nov 4, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

  • Hindu devotees celebrate Diwali by lighting lamps with prayers to drive the evil forces away at Ramna Kali Temple in Dhaka on Thursday, Nov 4, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

    Hindu devotees celebrate Diwali by lighting lamps with prayers to drive the evil forces away at Ramna Kali Temple in Dhaka on Thursday, Nov 4, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

  • A Hindu devotee prays after lighting lamps at Ramna Kali Temple in Dhaka on Dipabali on Thursday, Nov 4, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

    A Hindu devotee prays after lighting lamps at Ramna Kali Temple in Dhaka on Dipabali on Thursday, Nov 4, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

  • Members of a Hindu family pray after lighting lamps at Ramna Kali Temple in Dhaka on Dipabali on Thursday, Nov 4, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

    Members of a Hindu family pray after lighting lamps at Ramna Kali Temple in Dhaka on Dipabali on Thursday, Nov 4, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

 

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