Kartik Purnima significance: Shiva's victory over the three flying cities, lamps floated on rivers and ghats, and why this full moon is called the gods' Diwali.
Tulsi vivah, the wedding of the tulsi plant to Vishnu: the Vrinda story, the South Indian amla-branch version, and keeping it with a potted tulsi in a US home.
Thaipusam kavadi meaning: why devotees carry the kavadi to Murugan in the month of Thai, the story of Idumban, and what it says about the burdens we all carry.
Why is Diwali celebrated? Rama's return, Krishna and Narakasura, Lakshmi's arrival and Mahavira's liberation: four stories and the one light they share.
The five days of Diwali explained day by day, from Dhanteras to Bhai Dooj: what each day honours and one simple thing to do at home on each of the five days.
