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A young girl, known as a 'kumari', is dressed as the Hindu goddess Durga during a ritual for the Durga Puja festival in Siliguri.
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Priests perform 'Kunwari Kanya' puja on the auspicious Maha Ashtami of Durga Puja at a pandal in Ranchi.
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A young girl, known as a 'kumari', is dressed as the Hindu goddess Durga and carried by worshippers during a ritual for the Durga Puja festival in Siliguri.
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Devotees touch the feet of a young girl, known as a 'kumari', dressed as the Hindu goddess Durga during a ritual for the Durga Puja festival in Siliguri.
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A priest puts a garland on a Kumari, a virgin girl worshipped as an incarnation of Goddess Durga, during Durga Puja festival in Belur.
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Priests along with devotees perform during Durga Puja festival in Bankura district in West Bengal.
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Traditional Durga Puja being performed on Maha Asthami in north Kolkata.
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Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Supremo Shibu Soren playing the traditional drum 'Dhak' on the auspicious Maha Ashtami of Durga Puja at a Pandaal in Ranchi.
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A priest performs traditional worship of a Kumari during the religious festival of Durga Puja in Agartala.
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