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Students gathered in the Kent Ballroom to celebrate Diwali.

Students celebrate Diwali at event hosted by Kent Indian Association

Grace Kindl, Reporter October 24, 2022

About 300 students gathered in the Kent Student Center Ballroom to celebrate and partake in Diwali festivities such as prayers to Lakshmi (Hindu goddess of wealth and good fortune), bingo and a best dressed...

Dhruv Patel  and Janki Desai at Kent States Diwali Festival on Nov. 3, 2019.

KIA celebrates Indian traditions halfway across the world

Terry Lee III Diversity reporter November 3, 2019

The Kent Indian Association (KIA) invited students to celebrate Diwali in the Student Center on Sunday, Nov. 3.“It’s like our Christmas,” Dhruv Nakhwa, a freshman biotechnology major and Diwali organizer,...

Participants of the Holi festival of colors event cover each other in powdered color on Manchester Field on Saturday, April 8, 2017.

Holi ‘festival of colors’ celebrates spring

McKenna Corson April 8, 2017

People of all backgrounds attended the Kent Indian Association (KIA) Holi celebration Saturday, where people celebrated spring amongst clouds of color, music, food and games on Manchester Field.Holi, also...

Kent Indian Association brings Holi festival to campus

McKenna Corson April 5, 2017

Editor's note: We previously published this story using what we thought was Ashwin's full name. The story has been corrected to reflect his preferred name. The Kent Indian Association will throw a Holi...

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