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Idol Immersion in India

Relatives and guests pose together in front of the Durga Puja altar at the Shib Krishna Daw House in Kolkata, India on October 2, 2025. The Daw family’s Durga Puja, dating back to 1839, is among Kolkata’s oldest bonedi bari household pujas, where traditional rituals are performed inside the ancestral mansion rather than in public pandals. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Idol Immersion in India

Two women smear vermilion on each other’s faces during Sindoor Khela at the Shib Krishna Daw House in Kolkata, India on October 2, 2025. The Daw family’s Durga Puja, dating back to 1839, is among Kolkata’s oldest bonedi bari household pujas, where traditional rituals are performed inside the ancestral mansion rather than in public pandals. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Idol Immersion in India

Women pose before the Durga idol after completing Sindoor Khela at the Shib Krishna Daw House in Kolkata, India on October 2, 2025. The Daw family’s Durga Puja, dating back to 1839, is among Kolkata’s oldest bonedi bari household pujas, where traditional rituals are performed inside the ancestral mansion rather than in public pandals. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Idol Immersion in India

Women dressed in traditional saris place their hands together during the Sindoor Khela ritual at the Shib Krishna Daw House in Kolkata, India on October 2, 2025. The Daw family’s Durga Puja, dating back to 1839, is among Kolkata’s oldest bonedi bari household pujas, where traditional rituals are performed inside the ancestral mansion rather than in public pandals. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Idol Immersion in India

Women in saris pose before the Durga idol after completing Sindoor Khela at the Shib Krishna Daw House in Kolkata, India on October 2, 2025. The Daw family’s Durga Puja, dating back to 1839, is among Kolkata’s oldest bonedi bari household pujas, where traditional rituals are performed inside the ancestral mansion rather than in public pandals. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Durga Puja Celebration - Bangladesh

Maha Saptami, the second day of the five-day Sharadiyo Durga Puja, was celebrated on October 10,2024 In Dhaka,Bangladesh with due religious fervor and gaiety.Temples and makeshift mandaps saw a large number of devotees and visitors as beautifully crafted idols of Goddess Durga were formally installed on Maha Shasthi, which was observed on Wednesday. Although the puja began on Maha Shasthi, devotees started visiting the puja pandals and mandaps in large numbers from today (the day of Maha Saptami). Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Durga Puja Celebration - Bangladesh

Maha Saptami, the second day of the five-day Sharadiyo Durga Puja, was celebrated on October 10,2024 In Dhaka,Bangladesh with due religious fervor and gaiety.Temples and makeshift mandaps saw a large number of devotees and visitors as beautifully crafted idols of Goddess Durga were formally installed on Maha Shasthi, which was observed on Wednesday. Although the puja began on Maha Shasthi, devotees started visiting the puja pandals and mandaps in large numbers from today (the day of Maha Saptami). Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Durga Puja Celebration - Bangladesh

Maha Saptami, the second day of the five-day Sharadiyo Durga Puja, was celebrated on October 10,2024 In Dhaka,Bangladesh with due religious fervor and gaiety.Temples and makeshift mandaps saw a large number of devotees and visitors as beautifully crafted idols of Goddess Durga were formally installed on Maha Shasthi, which was observed on Wednesday. Although the puja began on Maha Shasthi, devotees started visiting the puja pandals and mandaps in large numbers from today (the day of Maha Saptami). Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Durga Puja Celebration - Bangladesh

Maha Saptami, the second day of the five-day Sharadiyo Durga Puja, was celebrated on October 10,2024 In Dhaka,Bangladesh with due religious fervor and gaiety.Temples and makeshift mandaps saw a large number of devotees and visitors as beautifully crafted idols of Goddess Durga were formally installed on Maha Shasthi, which was observed on Wednesday. Although the puja began on Maha Shasthi, devotees started visiting the puja pandals and mandaps in large numbers from today (the day of Maha Saptami). Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Durga Puja Celebration - Bangladesh

Maha Saptami, the second day of the five-day Sharadiyo Durga Puja, was celebrated on October 10,2024 In Dhaka,Bangladesh with due religious fervor and gaiety.Temples and makeshift mandaps saw a large number of devotees and visitors as beautifully crafted idols of Goddess Durga were formally installed on Maha Shasthi, which was observed on Wednesday. Although the puja began on Maha Shasthi, devotees started visiting the puja pandals and mandaps in large numbers from today (the day of Maha Saptami). Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Durga Puja Celebration - Bangladesh

Maha Saptami, the second day of the five-day Sharadiyo Durga Puja, was celebrated on October 10,2024 In Dhaka,Bangladesh with due religious fervor and gaiety.Temples and makeshift mandaps saw a large number of devotees and visitors as beautifully crafted idols of Goddess Durga were formally installed on Maha Shasthi, which was observed on Wednesday. Although the puja began on Maha Shasthi, devotees started visiting the puja pandals and mandaps in large numbers from today (the day of Maha Saptami). Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Durga Puja Celebration - Bangladesh

Maha Saptami, the second day of the five-day Sharadiyo Durga Puja, was celebrated on October 10,2024 In Dhaka,Bangladesh with due religious fervor and gaiety.Temples and makeshift mandaps saw a large number of devotees and visitors as beautifully crafted idols of Goddess Durga were formally installed on Maha Shasthi, which was observed on Wednesday. Although the puja began on Maha Shasthi, devotees started visiting the puja pandals and mandaps in large numbers from today (the day of Maha Saptami). Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Durga Puja Celebration - Bangladesh

Maha Saptami, the second day of the five-day Sharadiyo Durga Puja, was celebrated on October 10,2024 In Dhaka,Bangladesh with due religious fervor and gaiety.Temples and makeshift mandaps saw a large number of devotees and visitors as beautifully crafted idols of Goddess Durga were formally installed on Maha Shasthi, which was observed on Wednesday. Although the puja began on Maha Shasthi, devotees started visiting the puja pandals and mandaps in large numbers from today (the day of Maha Saptami). Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Durga Puja Celebration - Bangladesh

Maha Saptami, the second day of the five-day Sharadiyo Durga Puja, was celebrated on October 10,2024 In Dhaka,Bangladesh with due religious fervor and gaiety.Temples and makeshift mandaps saw a large number of devotees and visitors as beautifully crafted idols of Goddess Durga were formally installed on Maha Shasthi, which was observed on Wednesday. Although the puja began on Maha Shasthi, devotees started visiting the puja pandals and mandaps in large numbers from today (the day of Maha Saptami). Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Durga Puja Celebration - Bangladesh

Maha Saptami, the second day of the five-day Sharadiyo Durga Puja, was celebrated on October 10,2024 In Dhaka,Bangladesh with due religious fervor and gaiety.Temples and makeshift mandaps saw a large number of devotees and visitors as beautifully crafted idols of Goddess Durga were formally installed on Maha Shasthi, which was observed on Wednesday. Although the puja began on Maha Shasthi, devotees started visiting the puja pandals and mandaps in large numbers from today (the day of Maha Saptami). Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Durga Puja Celebration - Bangladesh

Maha Saptami, the second day of the five-day Sharadiyo Durga Puja, was celebrated on October 10,2024 In Dhaka,Bangladesh with due religious fervor and gaiety.Temples and makeshift mandaps saw a large number of devotees and visitors as beautifully crafted idols of Goddess Durga were formally installed on Maha Shasthi, which was observed on Wednesday. Although the puja began on Maha Shasthi, devotees started visiting the puja pandals and mandaps in large numbers from today (the day of Maha Saptami). Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Durga Puja Celebration - Bangladesh

Maha Saptami, the second day of the five-day Sharadiyo Durga Puja, was celebrated on October 10,2024 In Dhaka,Bangladesh with due religious fervor and gaiety.Temples and makeshift mandaps saw a large number of devotees and visitors as beautifully crafted idols of Goddess Durga were formally installed on Maha Shasthi, which was observed on Wednesday. Although the puja began on Maha Shasthi, devotees started visiting the puja pandals and mandaps in large numbers from today (the day of Maha Saptami). Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Myanmar gears up for traditional New Year celebrations

STORY: Myanmar gears up for traditional New Year celebrations SHOOTING TIME: April 12, 2024 DATELINE: April 13, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:49 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the preparing for Thingyan water festival in Yangon STORYLINE: People in Myanmar were busy preparing to celebrate their traditional New Year as the annual water festival drew near. The celebration of the traditional New Year festival, also known as the Thingyan water festival, this year will run from April 13 to 16, and the traditional Myanmar New Year's Day will fall on April 17. In the country's major cities such as Yangon and Mandalay, local residents have already constructed water throwing pandals for the celebrations. Thousands of migrant workers from the commercial hub city of Yangon have begun to leave for their hometowns in various areas in the Southeast Asian country in order to spend the holiday with their family members. Special celebrations such as the walking Thingyan festival in

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Durga Puja Festival - India

Women smear sindoor or vermilion on each other's faces during Sindoor Khela on the final day of the Durga Puja festival at Aaram Bagh Pooja Samiti in New Delhi, on Friday, October 15, 2021. Sindur khela and immersion or visarjan of Goddess Durga took place without the usual fervour due to Covid-19 Pandemic. The traditional sindur khela where married women put vermilion on each other was mostly restricted to few local residents and organizers at the pandals. Photo by Akash Anshuman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Durga Puja Festival - India

Women smear sindoor or vermilion on each other's faces during Sindoor Khela on the final day of the Durga Puja festival at Aaram Bagh Pooja Samiti in New Delhi, on Friday, October 15, 2021. Sindur khela and immersion or visarjan of Goddess Durga took place without the usual fervour due to Covid-19 Pandemic. The traditional sindur khela where married women put vermilion on each other was mostly restricted to few local residents and organizers at the pandals. Photo by Akash Anshuman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Durga Puja Festival - India

Women smear sindoor or vermilion on each other's faces during Sindoor Khela on the final day of the Durga Puja festival at Aaram Bagh Pooja Samiti in New Delhi, on Friday, October 15, 2021. Sindur khela and immersion or visarjan of Goddess Durga took place without the usual fervour due to Covid-19 Pandemic. The traditional sindur khela where married women put vermilion on each other was mostly restricted to few local residents and organizers at the pandals. Photo by Akash Anshuman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Durga Puja Festival - India

Women smear sindoor or vermilion on each other's faces during Sindoor Khela on the final day of the Durga Puja festival at Aaram Bagh Pooja Samiti in New Delhi, on Friday, October 15, 2021. Sindur khela and immersion or visarjan of Goddess Durga took place without the usual fervour due to Covid-19 Pandemic. The traditional sindur khela where married women put vermilion on each other was mostly restricted to few local residents and organizers at the pandals. Photo by Akash Anshuman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Durga Puja Festival - India

Women smear sindoor or vermilion on each other's faces during Sindoor Khela on the final day of the Durga Puja festival at Aaram Bagh Pooja Samiti in New Delhi, on Friday, October 15, 2021. Sindur khela and immersion or visarjan of Goddess Durga took place without the usual fervour due to Covid-19 Pandemic. The traditional sindur khela where married women put vermilion on each other was mostly restricted to few local residents and organizers at the pandals. Photo by Akash Anshuman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Durga Puja Festival - India

Women smear sindoor or vermilion on each other's faces during Sindoor Khela on the final day of the Durga Puja festival at Aaram Bagh Pooja Samiti in New Delhi, on Friday, October 15, 2021. Sindur khela and immersion or visarjan of Goddess Durga took place without the usual fervour due to Covid-19 Pandemic. The traditional sindur khela where married women put vermilion on each other was mostly restricted to few local residents and organizers at the pandals. Photo by Akash Anshuman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Durga Puja Festival - India

Women smear sindoor or vermilion on each other's faces during Sindoor Khela on the final day of the Durga Puja festival at Aaram Bagh Pooja Samiti in New Delhi, on Friday, October 15, 2021. Sindur khela and immersion or visarjan of Goddess Durga took place without the usual fervour due to Covid-19 Pandemic. The traditional sindur khela where married women put vermilion on each other was mostly restricted to few local residents and organizers at the pandals. Photo by Akash Anshuman/ABACAPRESS.COM