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    India celebrates Janmashtami amid COVID-19 pandemic

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    India celebrates Janmashtami amid COVID-19 pandemic

    The Hindu festival is held across the country to commemorate the birth of Lord Krishna


    Published:  August 12, 2020 15:17 Compiled by Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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    A Hindu devotee takes photographs of her son dressed as Hindu god Lord Krishna. Image Credit: AFP
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    Youngsters dressed as Lord Krishna break an earthen pot on the occasion of Janmashtami in Mumbai. Image Credit: PTI
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    A woman selects an idol of Lord Krishna at a shop in Bhopal. Image Credit: ANI
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    Priests shower flower petals on idols of Lord Krishna and Radha during Janmashtami celebrations at the Hare Krishna Temple in Ahmedabad. Image Credit: PTI
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    A child dressed like Lord Krishna at the Bhikham Das Thakurbari mandir on the occasion Krishna Janmashtami in Patna. Image Credit: ANI
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    A boy dressed as Hindu god Krishna wears a mask as a precaution against the coronavirus as he breaks a pot during Janmashtami festival celebrations in Mumbai, India. Image Credit: AP
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    A Hindu devotee carries her child dressed as Hindu god Lord Krishna in front of idols of Ram Darbar at a temple in Amritsar. Image Credit: AFP
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    Indian children dressed as Lord Krishna and Radha plays in their apartment during Janmashtami festival in Hyderabad. Image Credit: AP
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    Hindu devotees pour water onto the idol of Hindu god Lord Krishna on the occasion of the Janmashtami festival celebrations. Image Credit: AFP
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    A child dressed as Lord Krishna in Amritsar. Image Credit: PTI
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    A young Hindu devotee breaks a dahi-handi (curd-pot) suspended in the air from atop a ladder during 'Janmashtami' festival celebrations marking the birth of Hindu God Lord Krishna in Mumbai. Image Credit: AFP

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