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Kolkata, Sep 17 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of Hindu devotees on Thursday took a dip in the river Ganges, considered holy in the religion, to mark the last day of the 15-day long 'Pitru Paksha' religious festival.Devotees of all ages, social standing and genders thronged to the banks of Ganges early Thursday to perfom the 'Tarpan' ritual, offer prayers and bathe in the river to pay their respects to their ancestors.Tarpan is a ritual performed by devotees, during which they pray and offer water in rememberance of their ancestors. (Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY).SHOT LIST: HINDU DEVOTEES PERFORM THE 'TARPAN' RITUAL DURING MAHALAYA PRAYERS, ALSO KNOWN AS PITRU PAKSHA, AT THE BANK OF RIVER GANGES, IN KOLKATA, INDIA.
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.
India is a very colorful land full of rich history, and, of course, full of religious traditions that many of us may find difficult to understand. The Aadi Perukku ritual, in which worshippers sat on the ground while priests smashed coconuts over their head, is perhaps one of the most unusual. Over 1,000 devotees had coconuts smashed over their heads at the annual Hindu-Tamil festival of Aadi Perukku in Mettu Mahadanapuram on Wednesday.
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Kathmandu, Sep 29 (EFE/EPA).- Hindu devotees in Nepal gathered on Wednesday at banks of rivers to perform the Sorha Shraddha ritual to pay homage to their ancestors. Sorha Shraddha is a ritual which falls on the Bhadra month of the Nepalese lunar calendar, beginning with the full moon day and ending with the new moon day. During a 16-day ritual people perform Sharddha, a special worship to commemorate ancestors. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA).SHOT LIST: NEPALESE PERFORM THE SORHA SHRADDHA RITUAL AT THE BANKS OF THE BAGMATI RIVER AT THE SACRED SHRINE OF LORD SHIVA, GOKARNESWOR SHRINE, NEAR KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
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