Deepavali celebrated with traditional gaiety and religious fervour in Madurai

Deepavali was celebrated with traditional gaiety and religious fervour in Madurai on Sunday. Friends and families gathered together to burst firecrackers and relish sweets and savouries prepared at home.

People burst firecrackers throughout the day. In the morning, firecrackers ranged from tiny bijilis to loud atom bombs, while children played with paper roll cap guns. Later in the evening, aerial fireworks lit up the sky, alongside flower pots, sparklers and ground chakkars.

People kept lit lamps or diyas outside their houses to symbolise the triumph of light over darkness. They drew intricate kolams, and decorated their house entrances with flowers.