MP villagers postpone their Diwali by a week as it falls on polling day

Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on November 12, 2023
A village in Madhya Pradesh, India, has postponed its Diwali celebrations by seven days due to the coinciding of the festival with the state's voting day. The tribal community in Sajanpur follows a traditional method of determining the date of Diwali celebrations, and the village elders had originally scheduled it for November...

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