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New Delhi, Aug 22 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Harish Tyagi) Millions of Indians today wear the threads of Raksha Bandhan on their wrists, a Hindu festival that coincides with the full moon of the season of the monsoons and in which sisters and brothers renew their brotherly love.FOOTAGE OF THE RAKSHA BANDHAN FESTIVAL IN NEW DELHI.
Kolkata, Oct 11 (EFE/EPA).- The Indian city of Kolkata began Monday to celebrate the Durga Puja festival, an annual Hindu festival honoring the Hindu goddess Durga. The festival also represents the victory of good over evil and the celebration of female power. (Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE VISIT A MAKESHIFT PANDAL MADE WITH WOOD, METAL AND BAMBOO UNDER A THEME 'BANGLA JATRA PALA' OR BENGAL THEATRE BY ARTIST PRADIP DAS DURING DURGA PUJA FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS IN KOLKATA, INDIA.
Mumbai, Sep 11 (EFE/EPA).- India celebrated Saturday the Ganesha Chaturthi festival, one of the biggest Hindu festivals which is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Ganesha. The festival is a ten-day long event which is celebrated all over India. The idols of the Hindu deity are worshipped at hundreds of pandals or makeshift tents as well as at home before they are immersed into water bodies. (Camera: DIVYAKANT SOLANKI).SHOT LIST: DEVOTEES PRAY AND CARRY AN IDOL OF THE ELEPHANT-HEADED HINDU GOD LORD GANESHA FOR IMMERSION INTO AN ARTIFICIAL POND AS PART OF A RITUAL IN MUMBAI, INDIA.
Bangalore, Jan 14 (EFE / EPA) .- Hindu women in Bangalore cooked Thursday the well-known dish of pongal, a traditional rice, as part of the celebrations of the Pongal festival, known locally as Makar Sankranti, in which offerings are made to the sun and the weather to ask for an abundant harvest. (Camera: JAGADEESH NV)SHOT LIST: THE PONGAL FESTIVAL IN BANGALORE, INDIA.
Devotees across India celebrate the Hindu festival of Dussehra which marks the centuries-old legend that says Hindu god Rama defeated the ten-headed demon king Ravana in a triumph of good over evil. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).