Canada PM Trudeau celebrates Diwali with Indian community

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 11:41 AM

Canada PM Trudeau celebrates Diwali with Indian community

Ottawa Canada, Oct. 17: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday has celebrated the Diwali festival with the Indian Community in Ottawa.The Prime Minister wore a black Sherwani, lit the ceremonial lamp and wished the Indian Diaspora a happy Diwali.Indian High Commissioner to Canada Vikas Swarup was also present on the occasion. The PM has tweeted that "Diwali Mubarak! We're celebrating in Ottawa tonight".

Canada Post and India Post last month had jointly issued two stamps to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Diwali is a Hindu festival celebrated across India and the tradition of celebration dates back to ages and it is a 5-day festival celebrated with great fervor.Many people worship Goddes Lakshmi on Diwali.