Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is a Jewish festival commemorating the recovery of Jerusalem and subsequent rededication of the Second Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE.
To all my friends who are celebrating may this be a time of light and love and family. Grace and peace.
Diwali, Divali, Deepavali is the Hindu festival of lights, usually lasting five days and celebrated during the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika (between mid-October and mid-November). One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, Diwali symbolizes the spiritual “victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. – From Wikipedia
To all my friends celebrating this special festival may you be blessed and illuminate the world with kindness, wisdom, joy, peace and love.
This is the historic Read House Hotel in downtown Chattanooga. It looks lovely all lit up.
Happy Diwali to all my friends who are celebrating this festival of lights and love today. May it be brilliant and illuminating.
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