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Kolkata, Oct 14 (EFE/EPA).- Hindu devotees performed Thursday the Kumari Puja rituals as part of the Durga Puja Hindu festival.During the Kumari Puja, devotees worship a girl aged between six and twelve, symbolizing the Kanya Kumari (virgin) form of the Goddess Durga Devi. Hindu devotees believe that Kanya is a living embodiment of the goddess Durga. (Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY).SHOT LIST: DEVOTEES PERFORM THE KUMARI PUJA RITUAL AS PART OF THE DURGA PUJA HINDU FESTIVAL, AT NANDI BARI FAR NORTH OF KOLKATA, INDIA.
Haridwar, Apr 12 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of Indian pilgrims Monday gathered and took holy dip during a mass Hindu pilgrimage in Northern India, a ritual that takes place after every twelve years and rotates among four locations.SHOT LIST: INDIAN PILGRIMS TAKE HOLY DIP IN GANGA RIVER DURING THE KUMBH MELA PILGRIMAGE IN HARIDWAR, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA.
Hindu pilgrims brace the cold to take a dip in the Ganges in India before sunrise on the day of the Kumbh Mela -- a religious festival that attracts millions each time it is held. Despite India having the second largest number of coronavirus infections in the world -- and more than 150,000 deaths -- that has not stopped devout Hindus from making the pilgrimage. IMAGES
Hindus in Haridwar, India gear up for mass religious festival Kumbh Mela, with some people bathing by the riverside as construction workers make preparations. IMAGES
The village of Devidhura, in India’s Uttarakhand state, celebrates a bloody ancient tradition which aims to appease the Hindu goddess of Varahi, a female form of Lord Vishnu who is hungry for blood sacrifices. In order to satisfy Varahi's thirst for blood, able-bodied men get together for the festival of Bagwal Mela, which takes place in the first week of August. The men arm themselves with sticks, stones, and wooden shields, and engage in a real battle in a bid to draw enough blood to ensure the goddess' pleasure.
Thousands of Hindu devotees take a dip in the waters of a reservoir on the banks of India's sacred Godavari river. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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