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INDIA-TRIPURA-TARPAN-PRAYER-HINDUSIUM<br />
Indian Hindu devotees performs Tarpan, a ritual to pay obeisance to one's forefathers on the last day for offering prayers to ancestors called Pitritarpan in Tripura, India, on 8th Oct, 2018.<br />
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In Hindu mythology, this day is also called "Mahalaya" and described as the day when the Gods created the ten armed Goddess Durga to destroy the demon king Asur who plotted to drive out the gods from their kingdom. The five-day period of worship of Durga, who is attributed as the destroyer of evil. <br />
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PHOTO : agence Quebec Presse - Abhisek Saha
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INDIA-TRIPURA-TARPAN-PRAYER-HINDUSIUM
Indian Hindu devotees performs Tarpan, a ritual to pay obeisance to one's forefathers on the last day for offering prayers to ancestors called Pitritarpan in Tripura, India, on 8th Oct, 2018.

In Hindu mythology, this day is also called "Mahalaya" and described as the day when the Gods created the ten armed Goddess Durga to destroy the demon king Asur who plotted to drive out the gods from their kingdom. The five-day period of worship of Durga, who is attributed as the destroyer of evil.

PHOTO : agence Quebec Presse - Abhisek Saha

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Source: agence Quebec Presse
Date: 8 Oct 2018
Location: India
Credit: agence Quebec Presse
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