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Worshippers flood London at annual chariot festival!

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Thousands of people march through East London at the annual chariot festival, devoted to the Hindu god of war Murugan and his declaration of victory over Surapadma. The participants, wearing colourful traditional clothes, offered sacrifices and pulled ropes of a chariot with Krishna on board, as according to the legend, they would get a place in heaven afterlife.

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