The Ramayan comes alive
Some estimates say over 200,000 people attended the Diwali Mela
The fair had everything from free medical checkup booths, to books on Indian culture and traditional medicine, to delicious cuisine
Diwali, New York style
The South Street Seaport Diwali Mela in the Big Apple,
arguably North America's biggest celebration of its kind,
through Paresh Gandhi's eyes
From Left, NYC Public
Advocate Bill de Blasio,
Association of Indian
Americans President Ranju
Batra, her husband Ravi Batra,
Piyush Agarwal and other AIA
members sign a petition
asking for a US postal stamp
commemorating Diwali
A performance at the event. The free Diwali Mela held at New York's South Street Seaport, held October 2 this year, is in its 24th year, and is organized by the Association of Indian Americans
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