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Diwali 2025: Where Jersey City and the Tri-State Desi Community Can Celebrate the Festival of Lights

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As Diwali gains wider recognition across the tri-state area, Jersey City's Desi community has more ways than ever to celebrate the festival of lights close to home and across the region.

🪔 The Best Diwali Events of 2025 Are Closer Than You Think

With Diwali now included on the New York City public school holiday calendar, the festival has taken on new cultural prominence across the entire tri-state region, including New Jersey. IndianEagle's guide highlights a range of Diwali celebrations taking place in New York and New Jersey in 2025 that go beyond the well-known Times Square festivities. For Jersey City families looking to celebrate ghar wali Diwali — a Diwali that feels like home — the options in the surrounding region have never been richer or more varied. [1]

Sources: [1] IndianEagle

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