Below is a link to the photos I took while I was in Nepal last month. We arrived during Diwali/Tihar or the Festival of Lights. it is a five-day Hindu festival in the autumn that celebrates the intimate relationship between animals, people and the spiritual victory of light over darkness, and good over evil, It also worships Laxmi, the goddess of wealth, culminating in Laxmi Puja when rangoli patterns are made with colored powder and flowers. She represents abundance and weal