Revealing the world’s curiosity about one of the biggest festivals in India, Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG GOOGL CEO Sundar Pichai on Sunday shared the top five most searched questions on Google about Diwali.
What Happened: Pichai, who is an Indian-born American business executive, took to X (formerly Twitter) and wished all who celebrated a “Happy Diwali.”
He then went on to highlight the top five “Why” queries that piqued global interest on Google Search.
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These five questions were: “Why Indians celebrate Diwali,” “Why do we do rangoli on Diwali,” “Why do we light lamps on Diwali,” “Why is Lakshmi puja done on Diwali,” and “Why oil bath on Diwali.”
The Google Search trends reflect a collective global interest in this cultural phenomenon as more than a billion people celebrated the Festival of Lights.
Meanwhile, not just Pichai, Apple CEO Tim Cook also wished people “Happy Diwali” along with a photograph of people lighting lamps that was shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, also took to social media to wish people a Happy Diwali, along with an image of a “celestial festival of lights,” which is 30,000 light-years away from Earth.
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