Washington: Ten US lawmakers including the lone Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera and the only Hindu-American lawmaker Tulsi Gabbard joined 'Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists across the world' in celebrating Diwali.

Bera, Democratic co-chair of Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, noted that last week almost 1,000 people came together in Washington to "celebrate the largest ever Congressional Diwali to recognize who we are as a community and what we have accomplished together."