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| image4 = Diya.jpg| caption4 = Earthen oil diya used for Diwali<br />
| image5 = Oil lamp on rangoli.jpg| caption5 = A diya on top of a [[rangoli]]<br />
| image3 = Diya-1.JPG| caption3 = Diya on balcony ledge<br />
| image1 = Deepavali-haNate.jpg| caption1 = Two diyas with oil<br />
| image2 =The Diwali Diya.jpg| caption2 = A diya with multiple wicks<br />
| image6 = 'Diya's' on Ganges river on Dev Deepavali festival.jpg| caption6 = Diya floating on river Ganges<br />
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|caption = Diya, or oil lamp, in different formations<br />
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A '''Diya''', '''diyo''', '''deya''',<ref>{{cite book|title=Sacred Places of a Lifetime|url=https://archive.org/details/sacredplacesofli0000unse|date=2008|publisher=National Geographic Society|location=Washington DC|isbn=978-1-4262-0336-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/sacredplacesofli0000unse/page/270 270]}}</ref> '''divaa''', '''deepa''', '''deepam''', or '''deepak''' is an [[oil lamp]]. It is used in the [[Indian subcontinent]], mostly in [[India]] and [[Nepal]]. It is usually made from clay and a [[cotton]] [[Candle wick|wick]] dipped in [[ghee]] or [[vegetable oils]]. Diyas are [[wikt:native|native]] to the Indian subcontinent. It is often used in [[Hinduism|Hindu]], [[Sikhism|Sikh]], [[Jainism|Jain]] and [[Zoroastrian]] religious festivals such as [[Diwali]]<ref name="zeenews">{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/exclusive/diwali-significance-of-a-diya_5820.html|title=Diwali: Significance of a Diya|publisher=Zee Media Corporation Ltd|accessdate=July 19, 2013}}</ref> or the [[Kushti]] ceremony.<br />
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