- Samantha Cameron dazzled in a royal blue sari with a detailed gold trim
- The Camerons were attending Diwali party put on by Tories in Westminster
- Five-day Hindu festival of lights is celebrated in autumn each year
- It is known as the Festival of lights – so Samantha Cameron made sure she dazzled.
- The Prime Minister’s wife arrived at a Diwali party in London last night wearing a beautiful flowing royal blue sari with a detailed gold
- The 43-year-old’s colourful attire certainly stood out against her husband David Cameron’s rather more austere blue suit
- The couple were attending a bash put on by the Conservative party in Westminster to celebrate Diwali, the five-day Hindu festival celebrated in autumn every year.
- The couple lit a candle to begin the celebrations, before David Cameron gave a speech on the contribution that the eight million Hindus in the UK had made to the country.
- Attendees said he told the audience that the Conservatives would be the first political party to have a British Asian Prime Minister, before quipping ‘but not immediately’.
- At the event, Mr Cameron also launched the new Encyclopaedia of Hinduism, an 11-volume project about the religion involving 1000 contributors.
- For Hindus, Diwali is one of the most important events in the year, with fireworks and lamps used to create a riot of colour to celebrate the victory of good over evil, sweets are traded and new clothes bought.
- Lamps are lit and kept on during the night and families come together to carry out traditional tasks such as cleaning the house to honour the goddess Lakshmi.
- The Prime Minister also hosted an annual Diwali party at Downing Street last Friday.
