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Happy VijayaDashami

9 October 2008 34 views 3 Comments

Happy VijayaDashami, Durgotsab, Durga Pooja and Dussehra to all…

On this auspicious day, let us all pledge to do our best to get rid of the three major evils that plague India…Terrorism, Poverty and Illiteracy…and promise ourselves to work towards building a proud, strong and united India.

Jai Hind, Jai Bharat!

              

(Above) An effigy of the demon king Ravana go up in flames, marking the victory of good over evil, on the occasion of the Dussehara festival in New Delhi [ Original Link ]

A scene from the immersion the idol of Goddess Durga at the Ichamati river in between India and Bangladesh. The idol is loaded on a typical conjoint boat called ‘taki’. The other side of the river is Satkhira in Khulna district of Bangladesh. [ Original Link ]

Photographs Courtesy: Press Information Bureau of India 

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3 Comments »

  • 1. Nimmy said:

    Happy VijayaDashami :)

    May the good always win over the bad..Truth cannot be hidden for long..

  • 2. B Shantanu (author) said:

    Indeed Nimmy…

    “Satyam eva Jayate” !

    Truth alone shall prevail.

  • 3. B Shantanu (author) said:

    Placing this link here for the record: In Rome, Durga Puja is not welcome

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