Earthen diyas dotted houses and fireworks illuminated the evening sky as people celebrated Diwali decorating their homes with colourful rangolis and twinkling electric bulbs and also exchanging sweets. It was fun and frolic for children and youth as they burst crackers and lit fireworks.

A Bharat Petroleum fuel pump is all aglow in Hyderabad on Deepaval. Photo - P.V Sivakumar

A smoke filled Jubilee Hills Road in Hyderabad as crackers burnt on Deepavali led to smog. Photo - P.V Sivakumar

A family celebrates by lighting sparklers outside their home in Hyderabad on Deepavali. Photo - P.V Sivakumar

A family celebrates by lighting sparklers outside their home in Hyderabad on Deepavali. Photo - P.V Sivakumar

Fireworks being lit on the roads in Hyderabad on Deepavali. Photo - P.V Sivakumar

Fireworks go up in the sky in Hyderabad on Deepavali. Photo - P.V Sivakumar

A group of foreigners celebrate by lighting a few sparklers outside their hotel in Hyderabad on Deepavali. Photo - P.V Sivakumar

A family celebrates Deepavali in front of their business establishment on Banjara Hills in Hyderabad. Photo - P.V Sivakumar

A reveller watches a row of flower pots go outside a house on Jubilee Hills Road in Hyderabad on Deepavali. Photo - P.V Sivakumar

Crackers bursted on the eve of deepavali festival at Pulionthope in Chennai. Photo - B.Jothi Ramalingam

Crackers bursted on the eve of deepavali festival at Pulionthope in Chennai. Photo - B.Jothi Ramalingam

Thousands of revellers throng the Tata building centre in Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, to witness torching of giant Narakasudu effigy as part of Deepavali celebrations. Photo - Kommuri Srinivas

Fireworks lighting up in Madurai, Tamilnadu sky on Deepavali night. Photo - S.James

Published on November 14, 2012