Deepavali inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list

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 A mesmerising show  of lamps arranged arsenic  portion  of the Deepavali celebrations successful  Punkunnam, Thrissur. File.

A mesmerising show of lamps arranged arsenic portion of the Deepavali celebrations successful Punkunnam, Thrissur. File. | Photo Credit: K.K. Najeeb

India's Deepavali — the festival of airy — was connected Wednesday (December 10, 2025) inscribed connected the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The determination was taken during a cardinal gathering of UNESCO being hosted astatine the Red Fort successful Delhi.

This is the archetypal clip that India is hosting a league of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH).

The 20th league of the sheet is underway from December 8 to 13 astatine the Red Fort.

Chants of 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' rent the aerial arsenic UNESCO announced that the Deepavali festival has been added to the coveted list.

India presently has 15 elements inscribed connected the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and these see the Kumbh Mela, Durga Puja of Kolkata, Garba creation of Gujarat, yoga, the contented of Vedic chanting and Ramlila - the accepted show of the epic 'Ramayana'.

Published - December 10, 2025 11:51 americium IST

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