{"id":11172,"date":"2015-10-07T17:52:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T17:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=11172"},"modified":"2015-10-07T18:21:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T18:21:33","slug":"diwali-at-times-square-2015-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/diwali-at-times-square-2015-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Diwali 2015: Times Square and Other Places in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diwali is back to Times Square in New York City.<\/strong> It is one of the most awaited New York events for Indian Americans. This is the third edition of Diwali at Times Square. Though India will celebrate the festival of lights on November 11 according to the celestial calendar, New York is all set to celebrate Diwali as a cultural extravaganza at different locations on different dates in October and November 2015.<\/p>\n

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Of the most popular New York City events, Times Square Diwali 2015 is a day-long cultural celebration on October 17.<\/strong> Like the last two years, it will see dazzles of fireworks in the skyline of Times Square. The events of the day include several entertainment programs like dance performance, photography exhibition, Indian fashion show, rangoli<\/em> painting, etc. There is a culinary show among the programs, too.<\/p>\n

The Indian American women organize workshops on various creative activities like Mehendi design, handcrafted art, Indian cooking, sari draping, etc. as part of the Diwali events in New York City. A stage performance by Bollywood actors including Ranbir Kapoor and his father Rishi Kapoor was the main attraction of Diwali at Times Square in 2014.<\/p>\n

This year too, a group of artists will entertain the audience at Times Square on October 17.<\/strong> The names of the artists are to be announced.<\/p>\n