Seniors at India Community Center (ICC) dance to the hit Telugu song “Naatu Naatu” during ICC’s Senior Diwali in Milpitas, Calif. on Nov. 7, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Aparna Chaudhry, Manager Senior & Youth Programs at India Community Center (ICC) kneels down while helping with lunch service during ICC’s Senior Diwali program in Milpitas, Calif. on Nov. 7, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Anika Pattnayak, 6, listens to an instructor on making a diya at the Diwali celebration at the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose on Nov. 11, 2023. She performed Odissi on stage earlier in the day. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Stewanna Dasari hands a diya to her son at the Diwali celebration at the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose on Nov. 11, 2023.Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Anika Pattnayak, 6, holds a diya that she made at the Diwali celebration at the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose on Nov. 11, 2023. She performed Odissi on stage earlier in the day. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Sridevi Rajaraman watches her three year old son make a diya at the Diwali celebration at the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose on Nov. 11, 2023.Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Eva Panicker, 7, dances to Bollywood music at the Diwali celebration at the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose on Nov. 11, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
A priest lights the diyas on a brass lamp for the children’s Deepa Lakshmi Pooja for Diwali at the Vaidica Vidhya Ganapathi Center (VVGC) in San Martin, Calif. on Nov. 12, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Raam Prasannakumar, 6, waits for the akshathai during the children’s Deepa Lakshmi Pooja for Diwali at the Vaidica Vidhya Ganapathi Center (VVGC) in San Martin, Calif. on Nov. 12, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
A diya rests at the base of a brass lamp at the children’s Deepa Lakshmi Pooja for Diwali at the Vaidica Vidhya Ganapathi Center (VVGC) in San Martin, Calif. on Nov. 12, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Avyaan Shorian, 9, holds a sparkler for Diwali at the Vaidica Vidhya Ganapathi Center (VVGC) in San Martin, Calif. on Nov. 12, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Gayatri Deepak watches as her twin daughters, Prisha and Yashvee, 2, hold a sparkler for Diwali at the Vaidica Vidhya Ganapathi Center (VVGC) in San Martin, Calif. on Nov. 12, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Vihana Mehta, 3, holds a sparkler for Diwali at the Vaidica Vidhya Ganapathi Center (VVGC) in San Martin, Calif. on Nov. 12, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Aviana Chugtu, 5, stands between her parents, Puja and Manish, while they all hold sparklers for Diwali at the Vaidica Vidhya Ganapathi Center (VVGC) in San Martin, Calif. on Nov. 12, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Volunteer Anita Sharma (center) holds a sparkler for Diwali at the Vaidica Vidhya Ganapathi Center (VVGC) in San Martin, Calif. on Nov. 12, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local

Sree Sripathy joined India Currents as a staff photographer and CatchLight Local Fellow as part of CatchLight's California Local Visual Desk program in June 2022. Reach out with story ideas or comments...