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In Bengal, 108 lotuses and 108 of these objects are offered to a lion-riding goddess during Durgā Pūjā. A six-foot tall one of these non-lingam (“LING-gum”) objects is placed on a mountain in Tiruvaṇṇāmalai (“thih-roo-vuh-NAH-muh-lay”) during a Tamiḻ festival named for these objects held on the full-moon day of the month Kārttigai (“KAHR-thig-gay”). Gujarātī dancers traditionally encircling a womb-shaped one of these objects nowadays clap wooden sticks called ḍāṇḍiyā (“DAHN-dee-yah”) during rās/garbā (“RAHSS-GUR-buh”) dances to celebrate (*) Navarātrī (“nuh-vuh-RAH-tree”). During a festival named for these objects that is held twenty days after Navarātrī, sweets are handed out (10[1])to neighbors and sparklers and fireworks (-5[1])are lit to celebrate the return of Rāma to Ayodhyā (“uh-YODE-yuh”). That festival (10[1])named for these objects invites the wealth goddess Lakshmī (“LUCK-shmee”) into homes by lighting these objects in doorways. (10[1])For 10 points, give this namesake of Hinduism’s largest festival. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: dīpams [or diyās; accept lights or candles; accept translations like oil lamps or flames; accept Dīpāvaḷi or Divālī; accept Kārttigai Dīpam; accept garbā dīp; reject “lantern”]
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