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from 2014-11 Brisbane
by Indian Link
In a historic move s ure to strengthen bonds between India and New South \'.::1ales, the sails of the Sydney Opera House were il luminated recently to celebrate the Hindu festival of light, Deepavali.
From 8pm until midnight o n Tuesday 2 1 October, tl1e Australian icon was awash in colour, featuring a ser ies of images and projections related to the popular Hindi festival.
In spite of the rains, some 300 people gathered to see ilie historic even t, and man y found vantage points along the harbour to get the best p hotographs.
A n image snapped b y Indian Llnk's Sachin Wakhar e even made the front page of one of India's leading E n glis h language dailies, Hi11dmta11 Times alongside com m en ts from Tndiat1 Link CEO Pawan L u tbra.
NSW Premier Mike Baird and i'vlinister for C itizenship and Communiti es V ic tor Dominello hosted ilie event alongside M uJ ticulmral NSW Chair and
