Diaspora

Yelp's first Top 100 Indian Restaurants list, released at the end of October 2026, ranks LA Indian Cuisine in Castaic, California, first; California has 10 entries.

Dubai's Global Village and Abu Dhabi's BAPS Hindu Mandir will mark Diwali 2026 from November 6 to 10, with a 600-drone show in Dubai on November 8.

Kuching's Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in Sarawak, Malaysia, held its Maha Kumbhabhishegam from October 27 to 30, 2026 after a rebuild begun in 2019.

The Consulate General of India in Los Angeles held an Ayurveda Day 2026 event on October 24 on the theme People, Planet, Prevention, with talks, panels and wellness sessions.

London's Diwali on the Square, set for October 25, 2026 in Trafalgar Square, was cancelled a day earlier as Storm Boelo made setting up the stages unsafe.

The US Postal Service unveiled a rangoli-themed Diwali Forever stamp at India's embassy in Washington on October 21, 2026, its second Diwali stamp after 2016.

London's free Diwali On The Square returns to Trafalgar Square on 25 October 2026, opening with 200 dancers, two weeks before Diwali on 8 November.

Diwali at Times Square, New York's public Diwali festival, holds its 11th edition on October 24, 2026, with free entry, a concert, diya lighting and a bazaar.

BAPS head Mahant Swami Maharaj opened the Akshar-Purushottam Sanskrit Pathshala at Neasden temple, London, on October 13, 2026, its latest Sanskrit school after Mumbai and Sarangpur.

The second Times Square Durga Utsav, held on 10-11 October 2026 in New York, honoured six US Bengali groups that have run Durga Puja for at least five decades.

London Sharad Utsav, run by the Bengal Heritage Foundation, will mark Akashvani's centenary at its Durga Puja in Ealing from 16 to 18 October 2026.