India, Nov. 8 -- On Diwali, senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi shared profound memories of the festival at her mother-in-law, late Indira Gandhi's home - 1-Safdarjung Road. In a video shared on X on Sunday, Sonia is seen in a conversation with daughter Priyanka Gandhi and granddaughter Miraya Vadra in the garden of the house.

Remembering the Diwali celebrations at former PM Indira's home, Sonia said that the whole place would be lit up with diyas (earthen lamps). Kashmiri food would be cooked during festival time, Sonia reminisced.

"We would do the first lighting of the diyas by Ganeshji's murti. In those days we didn't have those little lights everywhere but we had diyas everywhere, around the pond, all along the roof, veranda and alo...