Devotees perform rituals during the immersion of Durga Idol on the Day of Maha Dashami in Kolkata
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Devotees immerse an idol of Goddess Durga on the final day of Durga Puja festival on the Bank of Hooghly River in Kolkata.
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Devotees during Lord Raghunath's Rath Yatra, days after the culmination of Dussehra festival, in Kullu district
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Devotees immerse an idol of Goddess Durga in Ganga river after Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata.
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BCCI President Saurav Ganguly offers prayers at an idol of Goddess Durga before immersion, in Kolkata.
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Immersion of an idol of Goddess Durga in Hooghly river after the culmination of Durga Puja festival, in Nadia district.
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Porters carry a clay idol of Devi Durga for immersion in the Ganges after the end of Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata.
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Devotees carry an idol of Goddess Kali for immersion, at the end of the Navratri festival, in Bhopal.
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Ragpickers look for reusable items from puja offerings, left by devotees in a pond beside Rapti river, a day after the culmination of Navratri festival, in Gorakhpur.
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Heir of the Mysuru royal family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar during 'Vijaya Yatra' on the last day of Dussehra festival, inside the Mysuru Palace premises in Mysuru.
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An idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari inside Mysuru Palace premises on the last day of Dussehra festival, in Mysuru.
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Caparisoned Elephant Abhimanyu carries the Golden Howdah (seat) during 'Jumboo Savari' on the last day of Dussehra festival, inside the Mysuru Palace premises in Mysuru.
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Married women during the traditional ritual of 'Sindoor Khela' on the last day of the Durga Puja festival, in Mumbai.
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An effigy of Ravana during the Dussehra celebration, in Kolkata.
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Married women take part in 'Sindur Khela' on the occasion of 'Vijay Dashmi' at a Durga Puja pandal, in Kolkata.
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Married women take part in 'Sindur Khela' on the occasion of 'Vijay Dashmi' at a Durga Puja pandal, in Kolkata.
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Devotees immerse an idol of Goddess Durga in Hooghly River on the last day of Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata.
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Devotees immerse an idol of Goddess Durga in Hooghly River on the last day of Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata.
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Devotees immerse an idol of Goddess Durga in an utensil on the last day of Durga Puja festival, in New Delhi.
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Married women take part in 'Sindur Khela' (applying vermilion) on the occasion of 'Vijay Dashmi', at a Durga Puja pandal at Durgabari in Jaipur.
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