Photos: Devotees mark Durga Puja festival amid COVID-19 pandemic
Protocols enforced, traditional rituals adapted in order for devotees to celebrate safely
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A Hindu priest waits for devotees at a roadside temple during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata.
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Hindu devotees perform rituals with a traditionaly decorated banana tree wrapped in a sari symbolising the wife of Hindu god Ganesha, on the banks of the river Ganges during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata.
AFP
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Hindu devotees perform rituals with a traditionaly decorated banana tree wrapped in a sari symbolising the wife of Hindu god Ganesha, on the banks of the river Ganges during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata.
AFP
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Hindu devotees perform rituals with a traditionaly decorated banana tree wrapped in a sari, symbolising the wife of Hindu god Ganesha, during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata.
AFP
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Hindu devotees perform rituals with a traditionaly decorated banana tree wrapped in a sari symbolising the wife of Hindu god Ganesha, on the banks of the river Ganges during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata.
AFP
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Hindu devotees perform rituals with a traditionaly decorated banana tree wrapped in a sari symbolising the wife of Hindu god Ganesha, on the banks of the river Ganges during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata.
AFP
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Hindu devotees perform rituals with a traditionaly decorated banana tree wrapped in a sari symbolising the wife of Hindu god Ganesha, on the banks of the river Ganges during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata.
AFP
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A passer-by takes pictures of Hindu priests performing traditional prayers in front of the idol of the ten-handed Hindu Goddess Durga.
AFP
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Hindu devotees return after performing rituals with a traditionaly decorated banana tree wrapped in a sari symbolising the wife of Hindu god Ganesha, on the banks of the river Ganges.
AFP
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Hindu devotees return after performing rituals with a traditionaly decorated banana tree wrapped in a sari symbolising the wife of Hindu god Ganesha, on the banks of the river Ganges during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata.
AFP
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Hindu devotees return after performing rituals with a traditionaly decorated banana tree wrapped in a sari symbolising the wife of Hindu god Ganesha, on the banks of the river Ganges in Kolkata.
AFP
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Hindu devotees return after performing rituals with a traditionaly decorated banana tree wrapped in a sari symbolising the wife of Hindu god Ganesha, on the banks of the river Ganges during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata.
AFP
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Hindu devotees return after performing rituals with a traditionaly decorated banana tree wrapped in a sari symbolising the wife of Hindu god Ganesha, on the banks of the river Ganges in Kolkata.
AFP
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Hindu devotees return after performing rituals with a traditionaly decorated banana tree wrapped in a sari symbolising the wife of Hindu god Ganesha, on the banks of the river Ganges during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata.
AFP
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