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Celebrating Durga Puja

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By HT Correspondent
Updated On Oct 20, 2012 09:07 pm IST
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A man draws a traditional pattern at the Bombay Durgabari Samiti during the Durga Puja in Mumbai. HT/Kalpak Pathak expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A man draws a traditional pattern at the Bombay Durgabari Samiti during the Durga Puja in Mumbai. HT/Kalpak Pathak

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Devotees visit a pandal or a marquee on the first day of the Durga Puja in Kolkata. The five-day festival, commemorates the slaying of a demon king by lion-riding, 10-armed goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil. AP/Bikas Das expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Oct 20, 2012 09:07 pm IST

Devotees visit a pandal or a marquee on the first day of the Durga Puja in Kolkata. The five-day festival, commemorates the slaying of a demon king by lion-riding, 10-armed goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil. AP/Bikas Das

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Devotees visit a pandal or a marquee on the first day of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata. AP/Bikas Das expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Devotees visit a pandal or a marquee on the first day of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata. AP/Bikas Das

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A woman decorates an idol of Goddess Durga ahead of on mahasashthi puja in Kolkata. PTI/Swapan Mahapatra expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A woman decorates an idol of Goddess Durga ahead of on mahasashthi puja in Kolkata. PTI/Swapan Mahapatra

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A pandal or a marquee which is a temporary worship venue of Goddess Durga is seen in Guwahati. PTI expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A pandal or a marquee which is a temporary worship venue of Goddess Durga is seen in Guwahati. PTI

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A girl blows a traditional conch shell in front of the clay idol of Goddess Durga in Kolkata. AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A girl blows a traditional conch shell in front of the clay idol of Goddess Durga in Kolkata. AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar

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President Pranab Mukherjee waves to the public as he arrives at his ancestral village Mirati to take part in Durga Puja. PTI expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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President Pranab Mukherjee waves to the public as he arrives at his ancestral village Mirati to take part in Durga Puja. PTI

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Drummers, also known as dhakis, beat their drums at a pandal or a marquee in Kolkata. UNI expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Drummers, also known as dhakis, beat their drums at a pandal or a marquee in Kolkata. UNI

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A pandal or a marquee set up for Goddess Durga is seen in central Kolkata. UNI expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A pandal or a marquee set up for Goddess Durga is seen in central Kolkata. UNI

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An idol of Goddess Durga is seen at a pandal or a marquee in Kolkata. UNI expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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An idol of Goddess Durga is seen at a pandal or a marquee in Kolkata. UNI

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Devotees are seen inside a pandal or a marquee on the first day of the Durga Puja in Kolkata. UNI expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Devotees are seen inside a pandal or a marquee on the first day of the Durga Puja in Kolkata. UNI

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