A vendor arranges framed portraits of Goddess Lakshmi, Saraswati, and Lord Ganesha ahead of the Diwali festival and Lakshmi Pujan, at a market, in Sangli, Maharashtra. For the first time, a grand Diwali celebration was held at Srinagar's Lal Chowk on Thursday, October 31 where hundreds of locals and tourists came together to light diyas to mark the festival.