Happy Diwali 2009

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Diwali greetings to all BC family members!
May there be peace, love and harmony in the world and among all living beings!




Muslim students of Anjuman-e-Islam school light earthen lamps to mark Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Diwali will be celebrated on Oct. 17.


A woman lights an earthen lamp during the celebrations on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad October 16, 2009. Lamps are traditionally used during Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of lights, to decorate homes. The festival will be celebrated across the country on Saturday.


Two Hindu worshippers pray inside a temple during the festival of Diwali in Colombo October 17, 2009. Prayers and offerings are made to Hindu gods and goddesses on the occasion of Diwali, the annual festival of lights.



Schoolgirl Bhargavi, 7, arranges garlands made from marigold flowers at a roadside stall on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad October 16, 2009. Flowers are offered to Hindu gods and goddesses on the occasion of Diwali, the annual festival of lights that will be celebrated across the country on Saturday


A man looks at colourful lamps ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali in Mumbai October 16, 2009. Diwali, the annual festival of lights, will be celebrated across the country on October 17.


A girl lights an earthen lamp during celebrations on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali in the eastern Indian city of Siliguri October 16, 2009. Lamps are traditionally used during Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of lights, to decorate homes. The festival will be celebrated across the country on Saturday.



An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier lights a candle inside a bunker on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Diwali, the annual festival of lights, at the India-Bangladesh border on the outskirts of Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura October 17, 2009


Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers set off fire crackers to celebrate Diwali, the the annual Hindu festival of lights, at the India-Bangladesh border on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Siliguri October 17, 2009.


Gordon Brown donned a garland Friday as the British prime minister's Downing Street office hosted its first Diwali celebration.




President Barack Obama, accompanied by Hindu Priest Sri Narayanachar Digalakote, uses a candle to light an oil lamp in observation of Diwali, or the 'Festival of Lights,' a holiday celebrated across faiths in India, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington