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In pictures: Kolkatans pay obeisance to ancestors with prayers & flowers at Hooghly ghats on Mahalaya

From Bagbazar in the north to Babughat in the south, riverside brims with people as Pitripaksh ends and Devipaksh begins

My Kolkata Web Desk Published 02.10.24, 02:11 PM
Kolkatans rose at the crack of dawn to cloudy skies on Mahalaya and headed to the several ghats on the Hooghly to offer ‘tarpan’ (honour ancestors and seek salvation of their souls)
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Kolkatans rose at the crack of dawn to cloudy skies on Mahalaya and headed to the several ghats on the Hooghly to offer ‘tarpan’ (honour ancestors and seek salvation of their souls)

Soumyajit Dey
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Beneath the Howrah Bridge, this priest holds on to an umbrella amid the rain even as he guides devotees to utter mantras for their ancestors
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Beneath the Howrah Bridge, this priest holds on to an umbrella amid the rain even as he guides devotees to utter mantras for their ancestors

Soumyajit Dey
Before or after the rituals, tea kiosks and those selling puja paraphernalia made brisk business around the Hooghly ghats
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Before or after the rituals, tea kiosks and those selling puja paraphernalia made brisk business around the Hooghly ghats

Amit Datta and Ashim Paul
Under the grey skies and steady drizzle, the Howrah Bridge was the only prominent structure visible for some time even as crowds were milling around priests dressed immaculately for the occasion
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Under the grey skies and steady drizzle, the Howrah Bridge was the only prominent structure visible for some time even as crowds were milling around priests dressed immaculately for the occasion

Ashim Paul
For the safety of the devotees offering ‘tarpan’, the Kolkata Police Disaster Response team at Babughat had tied their rubber dinghies with countryboats to cordon off certain areas in the water
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For the safety of the devotees offering ‘tarpan’, the Kolkata Police Disaster Response team at Babughat had tied their rubber dinghies with countryboats to cordon off certain areas in the water

Suvendu Das
Kolkatans offered plateful of edibles and water to their ancestors on the steps of the Bagbazar, Ahiritola and Jaganath ghats
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Kolkatans offered plateful of edibles and water to their ancestors on the steps of the Bagbazar, Ahiritola and Jaganath ghats

Ashim Paul
Gradually the grey clouds gave way to some sunlight towards late morning as captured from a ghat in Howrah
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Gradually the grey clouds gave way to some sunlight towards late morning as captured from a ghat in Howrah

Soumyajit Dey
This priest was only one of the many gesticulating animatedly as he reeled off the mantras for the people to repeat
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This priest was only one of the many gesticulating animatedly as he reeled off the mantras for the people to repeat

Ashim Paul

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