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Kandeel
A Kandeel is a lantern made of wooden framework covered with color papers or colored glossy papers and generally hung in front of homes during the Hindu festival of lights "Deepawali" or simply put "Diwali". Kandeel in Sanskrit is known as AkashaDeepa (lantern of the sky) and in Kannada GooduDeepa (Nested light).
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