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Biharis buy sweets, clothes and toys for their children at an exhibition during the festival of Durga Puja in Darbhanga district of Bihar.

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Durga Puja Pandal at night in Bihar during the festival of Durga Puja. The Pandal is decorated with colorful fairy lights and photographs of Hindu Gods.

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Street vendors sell Kalash of copper on the streets of Bihar during the festival of Durga Puja. One can see a street vendor sells the Kalash while holding the umbrella in the other hand.

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An Indian man buys his kids toys from a roadside toyseller at Durga Puja mela in Darbhanga, Bihar. He buys his son a toy pistol. He takes his kids and moves to different stall and his daughter buys a doll from the same stall.

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Bengali women light the oil lamps during the festival of Durga Puja in Darbhanga district of Bihar. One of them lights the oil lamps while another one watches. The oil lamps are kept on the banana leaf.

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A Navrang Durga Puja Committee member speaks about Durga Pooja. He says. " From today onwards we consider the beginning of the Durga Pooja Fair.

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Hawan during the festival of Durga Puja in Darbhanga district of Bihar. One can see the Bihari women offer her prayers before the idol of Goddess Durga.

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Bihari women worship Lord Shiva in a temple in Darbhanga district of Bihar. They offer Belpatra leaves, water, milk and flowers to the God. A woman offers hair oil to Lord Shiva while the other woman worships the idol of Nandi.

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Indian women light the oil lamps at Bina Pani Club and worship Goddess Durga during the festival of Durga Pooja in Darbhanga district of Bihar. The club is decorated with the designs made with colorful fairy lights.

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Holy fire of Hawan in slow motion during the festival of Durga Puja in Darbhanga district of Bihar.

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Bihari women worship Lord Shiva in a temple in Darbhanga district of Bihar. They offer Belpatra leaves, water, milk and flowers to the God. A woman offers hair oil to Lord Shiva while the other woman worships the idol of Nandi.

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Bihari women worship Lord Shiva in a temple in Darbhanga district of Bihar. They offer Belpatra leaves, water, milk and flowers to the God. A woman offers hair oil to Lord Shiva while the other woman worships the idol of Nandi.

ceremony · flowers

Street vendors sell Kalash of copper on the streets of Bihar during the festival of Durga Puja. One can see a street vendor sells the Kalash while holding the umbrella in the other hand.

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Street vendors sell Kalash of copper and brass on the streets of Bihar during the festival of Durga Puja. One can see a street vendor sells the Kalash while holding the umbrella in the other hand.

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Woman oversees fire rituals, prays to the black Shivling, and after touching it in reverence she touches her forehead at Shiva temple in Samastipur, Bihar.

Uttarakhand·temple · river

Gangotri is a town in Uttarkashi district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is a Hindu pilgrim town on the banks of the river Bhagirathi. It is on the Greater Himalayan Range, at a height of 3,100m.

Uttarakhand·ceremony · festival

Priest sings 'Om Jai Ambe Gauri' aarti of Goddess Durga at Nauti village. Devotees offer prayer and perform rituals at Shri Sidh Pith Nanda Devi mandir at Nauti village, Uttarakhand.

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Devotees take a halt on the way to Nanda Devi during Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra in Uttarakhand. It is one such festival of Uttarakhand that is famous globally....

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Women join hands to dance on Nag Devta Puja ahead of Annapurna Devi Yatra in Uttarakhand. Annapurna temple, situated in world famous tourist spot Dodital opens its portals for the pilgrims.

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Plates, glasses placed on the floor as a Grahwali priest perform some rituals at Nag Devta Temple in Agoda Village of Uttarakhand. Priest prays before palanquin of Goddess Annapurna.

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So today we have the most intelligent person in the locality Shri Shankar Uniyal. Let's get to know about the history tradition and ancient astrology about the region. Pandit ji tell us something about the tradition here.

Uttarakhand·river · ceremony

Triveni Ghat in Rishikesh in Uttarakhand. One can see the board of Ganga Seva Samiti at the entrance of Triveni Ghat and there is another board of free health checkup camp. One can see the board of Municipal Corporation of Rishikesh board.

Uttarakhand·temple · river

One of the four important parts of the Chota Char Dham Yatra, Gangotri is situated in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. It is the place where Goddess Ganga descended from the mighty locks of Lord Shiva.