Pune gets ready for Navratri with mega wash-off... to begin with

Every year thousands of people from in and around Pune visit Khadakwasla dam and wash their clothes and bedsheets used during the observance of Pitru Paksh. The mass cleaning happens just before the start of the Navratri festival. (Pratham Gokhale/HT PHOTO)

Updated on: Sep 21, 2017 4:13 PM IST

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Every year thousands of people from in and around Pune visit Khadakwasla dam and wash their clothes and bedsheets used during the observance of Pitru Paksh. The mass cleaning happens just before the start of the Navratri festival. (Pratham Gokhale/HT PHOTO)

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People wash clothes and bed sheets at Khadakwasla dam in Pune on Sunday. (Pratham Gokhale/HT PHOTO)

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Clothes put to dry after being washed at Khadakwasla dam. (Pratham Gokhale/HT PHOTO)

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People wash clothes and bed sheets at Khadakwasla dam in Pune on Sunday. (Pratham Gokhale/HT PHOTO)

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An aerial view of people washing clothes and bed sheets at Khadakwasla dam in Pune on Sunday. (Pratham Gokhale/HT PHOTO)

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People wash clothes and bed sheets at Khadakwasla dam in Pune on Sunday, September 17. (Pratham Gokhale/HT PHOTO)

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A woman dries a bed sheet at the Khadakwasla dam during Pitru Paksh, before the Navratri Festival in Pune. (Pratham Gokhale/HT PHOTO)

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A family washes bed sheets at Khadakwasla dam in Pune. This mass cleaning happens just before the start of the Navratri festival. (Pratham Gokhale/HT PHOTO)

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People load their washed clothes and bed sheets in vehicles at Khadakwasla dam. (Pratham Gokhale/HT PHOTO)