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Pathways of Belief - Series - Living as a Hindu - Diwali and New Beginnings

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Education for seven- to nine-year-olds. This programme looks at the Diwali celebrations in Leicester, the biggest in Western Europe. The traditional story of Ram and Sita is retold using puppets, and 12-year-old Nisha explains that, for her family, the Goddess Lakshimi is especially worshipped at Diwali.