Mumbai celebrates Hindu festival of Durga Puja

STORY: Mumbai celebrates Hindu festival of Durga Puja DATELINE: Oct. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:09 LOCATION: MUMBAI, India CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the annual Hindu festival of Durga Puja 2. various of women singing 3. various of the festival STORYLINE: India's financial capital of Mumbai is celebrating the annual Hindu festival of Durga Puja, which is coming back after two years. This year, Mumbai's "Bengal Club," a 100-year-old club, will be home to the city's tallest Durga idol at 18 feet high. In 2020 and 2021, the celebrations were low-key affairs because of the pandemic. This year, the Durga Puja is on a grand scale as COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted. Durga Puja, also known as Durgotsava or Sharodotsava, is an annual Hindu festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga. It is particularly popular and traditionally celebrated in the Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Odisha, Tripura. The festival started on Oct.

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Devotees offer prayer and gifts to Sun god , during sunset time at a riverside in Kolkata , India , on 10 November 2021 , on the occasion of Chhath puja . Chhath puja is an ancient Hindu festival native to states of Bihar ,Uttar Pradesh ,Jharkhand of Indian subcontinent .The festival is observed to pray to Sun god and show gratitude for bestowing life on earth and praying for fulfillment of certain wishes . (Photo by Debarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto) (Credit:Debarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)

Orient Line to Australia poster

Orient Line to Australia poster

Lovely poster produced the Orient Line to advertise its passenger liner service to Australia. The poster features three men in turbans, possibly Indian, sitting around a campfire on a beach while the ship waits out at sea. Date: 20th century