Every country has its own rhythm of celebration, unique tradition, culture and flavours are best experienced during the time of the festival. Diwali festivals in India is celebrated full of colourful rangoli, lights, swings, and ram leela performances.
There are so many countries around the world known for hosting diwali festivals and events displaying the culture and tradition in the perfect ways.
While attending diwali festival in countries around the world you will experience soulful rhymes of folk music and dance performances of their culture blended perfectly with the soulful essence of India.
We have been celebrating diwali from our home but celebrating Diwali with family from a different country can add a new perspective and experience to the celebration by meeting new people immersed in their culture and tradition.
The festival opens doors to vibrant celebration, relishing unique blends of flavours and cuisines, attending creative workshops, visiting beautifully decorated temples and the scenic exploration of the country can be a soulful travel experience altogether.
Our findings of Global Celebration of Diwali in 2025 will help you experience Diwali in a unique way celebrating culture, tradition, hope, togetherness and the victory of good over evil through illuminating lights and diya, denoting every glow outshines the darkness around from the beautiful countries around the world.
Global Celebration of Diwali in 2025
Thailand
Festival highlights and importance
Thailand is hosting Amazing Thailand Grand Diwali Festival 2025 from 16 to 31 October 2025 depicting India and Thai culture under the theme Light Unites Us showcasing creative community experiences through light display and performances.
The festival will be initiated with coordinated sound and light display, Thai and Indian Ramayana with the classical performances of both traditions in three acts Good over evil, return to the city and festival of light ending with Bollywood sequence. The festival consists of a parade honouring Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha through symbolic lighting of diya and devotional worship.
It’s the perfect way of cultural exchange combining spirituality and creativity where devotees will offer lotus and every section will be decorated with illuminating floats symbolising the friendship between Thailand and India. The air will be filled with soulful rhymes performed by talented musicians, dancers and artists.
Event Destination
Little India Phahurat and Khlong Ong Ang
Experience
- You will witness dazzling light decoration, an art wall and Street art display where you will be surrounded by Indian colours art wall and creativity.
- Enjoy Indian and thai cuisine blended with amazing flavours and local spices.
- Experience the Thai and Indian cultural performances by talented artists and performers with soulful rhymes of diwali.
- You will explore unique crafts displays.
- Explore the riverside market, food stalls along the canal offering lip smacking Thai and Indian Cuisine.
- The photo corner are beautifully decorated to capture special celebration moments and to awaken the photographer in you.
- You can take part in workshops including lantern decoration, henna painting, bead threading and fan weaving.
- The places will turn into open air galleries showcasing contemporary Indian motifs with thai craftsmanship.
- You can enjoy amazing flavours such as masala dosa, panipuri,biryani and so many options of Thai cuisine.
Singapore
Festival highlights and importance
During Diwali little India in Singapore is decorated beautifully with flower garlands and sparkling tinsels where people of the Indian community and India workers gather together to offer prayers and celebrate the festival with devotion and tradition.
People decorated the entrance of the house with colourful rangoli and the rooftop balconies are decorated with flowers and lights for welcoming Goddess Lakshmi to fill life with positivity, prosperity and abundance.
During this time shopping new traditional Indian attire and sweets are the most loved activities from the markets full of decorative items, shimmers, colourful rangoli and lights glowing magnificently during night.
Event Destination
Little India
Cultural performances at Indian Heritage centre
Attending Workshops at tekka place.
Deepavali Big Bus Tour to explore the shimmering beauty of the city through double decker bus.
Seerangoon Road for witnessing gorgeous decoration.
Experiences
- For blissful spiritual experience visit one of the oldest temples of Singapore Sri Veeramakaliamman temple and Sri Mariamman temple to witness the intricate designs, elegant decoration and puja ceremonies.
- Streets are beautifully decorated with colourful lights and traditional Indian motifs. During the night you can visit seerangoon road, race course road and campbell lane for a mesmerizing view.
- Deepavali festival village in seerangoon road is a must visit during Diwali where you will be surrounded by colourful traditional Indian jewellery, clothes, handicrafts and home decor. You will enjoy folk music and dance performances with food stalls offering Indian cuisine and also offering carnival games most enjoyed with families and friends.
- You can participate in an interesting learning workshop of colourful rangoli, flower tying, diya making and cooking classes in the Indian Heritage centre and tekka place complemented with cultural folk music and dance performances.
- The Deepavali big bus tour is one of the most exciting and unique experiences in Singapore to learn about the rich history, culture and tradition by guided tour on a double decker bus by comfortably exploring the majestic beauty during celebration illuminated with lighting and decoration.
- You can enjoy authentic flavour of Indian cuisine made with local spices and ingredients like samosa, naan, biryani, dosa and some delicious sweets like barfi, ladoo and many interesting Indian snacks.
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Festival highlights and importance
Diwali in Malaysia is celebrated in South Indian style as the majority of hindu population is Tamil and is known for celebrating Hari Diwali which means green Diwali as the crackers are ban here, so it is celebrated by illuminating diya and lamps and by offering prayers and rituals in temples.
Houses are beautifully decorated with colourful rangoli and families offers prayers completely immersed in culture and tradition, celebrating the victory of Good over evil and light over darkness.
Event Destination
River side little India carnival little India brickfields.
Diwali artisans and bazaar at bangsar shopping centre.
Batu Caves for divine spiritual experience.
Experiences
- Explore little India brickfields in Kaula Lumpur where you will be amazed by intricate light designs, colourful rangoli patterns and lanterns offering mesmerizing views. The place offers traditional attires, bangles, jewellery and is one of the best place for shopping during festivals.
- You can enjoy Indian flavours and sweets in Little India Brickfields.
- For spiritual experience visit the main Hindu temples of Malaysia, Sri Kandaswamy hindu temple and Sri Maha Mariamman temple beautifully decorated with flowers, lights and decor.
- For a lively and divine experience you must visit Batu caves, Batu Cave is a limestone cave, home to famous Hindu temples and consist of one of the largest Murgun statutes in the world, 141ft high where devotees come together to offer prayers and perform rituals is one of best places for cultural experiences in Malaysia.
- You can book a batik making tour. Batik art is a traditional art of Malaysia that holds cultural significance.
- Muruku snacks made with rice flour and local spices and Nei Urundai which is a famous sweet dish are the most loved snacks here. You can also try veg biryani, dosa and so many amazing delicacies offered during the time of festivals.
Final Thoughts
Diwali is a festival where the sparkling eyes, joy, hope and togetherness is common whereas you choose to celebrate. It’s the time to celebrate and remember that light will find a way through every darkness.
Every corner is decorated beautifully illuminated with lights, diya lanterns and colours of rangoli relished with delicious sweets and unique blend flavours, enjoyed with family and friends filled with the feeling of love, gratitude, happiness and laughter, when people warmly greet each other and perform custom and rituals together.
I hope our findings of the Global Celebration of Diwali in 2025 is helpful. Please share your experiences in the comments wishing everyone a very Happy Diwali 
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