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Jammu, Oct 16 (EFE/EPA).- Hindu devotees celebrated on Saturday the Navratri festival, which is dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Durga and is celebrated twice a year, during the spring and the autumn season.Navaratri is celebrated throughout India in different ways according to local traditions. (Camera: JAIPAL SINGH).SHOT LIST: HINDU DEVOTEES PRAY AT THE HISTORICAL GODDESS KALI TEMPLE DURING THE NAVRATRI FESTIVAL IN JAMMU, INDIA.
Jammu, Aug 12 (EFE/EPA).- Indian devotees in the city of Jammu on Wednesday marked the birthday of Lord Krishna, one of the most popular Hindu deities, with prayer, drama illustrating his life, and a day-long fast broken at midnight. (Camera: JAIPAL SINGH).SHOT LIST: INDIAN DEVOTEES SHOPPING GOODS TO CELEBRATE THE SRI KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI FESTIVAL IN JAMMU, INDIA.
Jammu, Feb 20 (EFE/EPA).- Indian Hindu devotees on Thursdat took part in the Maha Shivratri procession during the Maha Shivratri festival celebrations in Jammu.Martand Singh, the great-grandson of the last king of Jammu and Kashmir, Maharaja Hari Singh, also attended the celebration, during which he congratulated the people of the Hindu community all over the world on the occasion of Mahashivratri festival.Maha Shivratri, the night of the worship of Shiva, is celebrated on the 14th night of the new moon during the dark half of the month when Hindus offer special prayer to the lord of destruction. (Camera: JAIPAI SINGH).FOOTGE SHOWS THE MAHA SHIVRATRI FESTIVAL CELEBRATION AND PROCESSION IN JAMMU, INDIA.SOUNDBITES: MARTAND SINGH, THE GREAT-GRANDSON OF THE LAST KING OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR, MAHARAJA HARI SINGH (IN ENGLISH).
Mumbai, Sep 10 (EFE/EPA).- Hindu devotees began Friday with the celebrations of the Ganesha Chaturthi festival, which commemorates the birth of the Hindu elephant-headed god.This festival lasts for 10 days and according to tradition, devotees immerse Ganeshas in rivers and seas, especially in the southern and western states of the country.(Camera: DIVYAKANT SOLANKI)SHOT LIST: GANESHA CHATURTHI FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS IN MUMBAI, INDIA.
Kathmandu/Bhopal/Himachal Pradesh/Kolkata/Mumbai , Mar 11 (EFE/EPA).- Hindus in South Asia, particularly India and Nepal, which have a majority population of people of this faith, celebrated Thursday the auspicious festival of Mahashivratri, or the Great Night of Lord Shiva, one of the most important and powerful deities in Hinduism.The faithful mark this day by chanting prayers, fasting and contemplation, and keeping all-night vigils, while holy men and householders alike make pilgrimages to important temples in honor of their beloved God. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA/SANJEEV GUPTA / SANJAY BAID / PIYAL ADHIKARY / DIVYAKANT SOLANKI). SHOT LIST: HINDU DEVOTEES CELEBRATE THE MAHASHIVRATRI FESTIVAL IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL; AND BHOPAL, HIMACHAL PRADESH, KOLKATA, MUMBAI, INDIA,.