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People worshiping & taking the holy dip as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Banganga in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

View of Banganga on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

People worshiping & taking the holy dip as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Banganga in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

View of Banganga on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

Woman offer prayer as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Banganga in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

A view of Banganga on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

People worshiping as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Banganga in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

People worshiping & taking the holy dip as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Banganga in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

People worshiping as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Banganga in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

People worshiping & taking the holy dip as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Banganga in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

People worshiping as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Banganga in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

Women performing rituals as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Banganga in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

Woman performing rituals as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Banganga in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

People worshiping as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Banganga in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

A man worshiping & taking the holy dip as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Banganga in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

People worshiping as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Banganga in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

A man worshiping & taking the holy dip as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Banganga in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

Women performing rituals as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Banganga in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

Women performing rituals as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Banganga in Mumbai on Monday, 15 October 2012.

Women performing rituals as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Ganga River in Kolkata on Monday, 15 October 2012.

People worshiping & taking the holy dip as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Ganga River in Kolkata on Monday, 15 October 2012.

People worshiping & taking the holy dip as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Ganga River in Kolkata on Monday, 15 October 2012.

People worshiping & taking the holy dip as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Ganga River in Kolkata on Monday, 15 October 2012.

People worshiping & taking the holy dip as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Ganga River in Kolkata on Monday, 15 October 2012.

People worshiping as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Ganga River in Kolkata on Monday, 15 October 2012.

People worshiping as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Ganga River in Kolkata on Monday, 15 October 2012.

People worshiping as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Ganga River in Kolkata on Monday, 15 October 2012.

People worshiping & taking the holy bath as a part of the rituals performed by Hindus on the Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha at Ganga River in Kolkata on Monday, 15 October 2012.

Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh puts a tilak on the forehead of an actor dressed as Lord Rama during the Hindu festival of Dussehra in New Delhi on Thursday, 06 October 2011.

People burn an effigy of Ravana on the occasion of "Dassera" (Vijaya Dashmi) at the end of ten day long festival Ramleela in Srinagar on Thursday, 06 October 2011.Dussehra symbolizes the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology. Dasara is also known as Navaratri, as in the first nine days the Divine Mother Goddess Durga is worshipped and invoked in different manifestations of her Shakti.

People burn an effigy of Ravana on the occasion of "Dassera" (Vijaya Dashmi) at the end of ten day long festival Ramleela at Azad Maidan, in Mumbai on Thursday, 06 October 2011.Dussehra symbolizes the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology. Dasara is also known as Navaratri, as in the first nine days the Divine Mother Goddess Durga is worshipped and invoked in different manifestations of her Shakti.

People burn an effigy of Ravana on the occasion of "Dassera" (Vijaya Dashmi) at the end of ten day long festival Ramleela at Azad Maidan, in Srinagar on Thursday, 06 October 2011.Dussehra symbolizes the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology. Dasara is also known as Navaratri, as in the first nine days the Divine Mother Goddess Durga is worshipped and invoked in different manifestations of her Shakti.

People burn an effigy of Ravana on the occasion of "Dassera" (Vijaya Dashmi) at the end of ten day long festival Ramleela at Azad Maidan, in Mumbai on Thursday, 06 October 2011.Dussehra symbolizes the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology. Dasara is also known as Navaratri, as in the first nine days the Divine Mother Goddess Durga is worshipped and invoked in different manifestations of her Shakti.

People burn an effigy of Ravana on the occasion of "Dassera" (Vijaya Dashmi) at the end of ten day long festival Ramleela at Azad Maidan, in Mumbai on Thursday, 06 October 2011.Dussehra symbolizes the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology. Dasara is also known as Navaratri, as in the first nine days the Divine Mother Goddess Durga is worshipped and invoked in different manifestations of her Shakti.

People burn an effigy of Ravana on the occasion of "Dassera" (Vijaya Dashmi) at the end of ten day long festival Ramleela at Azad Maidan, in Mumbai on Thursday, 06 October 2011.Dussehra symbolizes the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology. Dasara is also known as Navaratri, as in the first nine days the Divine Mother Goddess Durga is worshipped and invoked in different manifestations of her Shakti.

Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh & Congress President & UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi poses with a bow & arrow ahead of the burning of the effigy of the Hindu demon Ravana, stuffed with fire-crackers, at a festival of Dussehra, at Ramlila in New Delhi on Thursday, 06 October 2011.

Congress President & UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi offering puja of actors dressed as Lord Rama and Laxman during the Hindu festival of Dussehra in New Delhi on Thursday, 06 October 2011.

People burn an effigy of Ravana on the occasion of "Dassera" (Vijaya Dashmi) at the end of ten day long festival Ramleela in Srinagar on Thursday, 06 October 2011.Dussehra symbolizes the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology. Dasara is also known as Navaratri, as in the first nine days the Divine Mother Goddess Durga is worshipped and invoked in different manifestations of her Shakti.

A police constable performs "Shastra Pooja" on the occasion of Dasara at local police station in Mumbai on Monday,28 September 2009. Dussehra symbolizes the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology. Dasara is also known as Navaratri, as in the first nine days the Divine Mother Goddess Durga is worshipped and invoked in different manifestations of her Shakti. The 10th day is in honor of Durga Devi. The basic purpose behind this festival is to worship feminine principle of the Universe in the form of the divine mother to remind the teachings of the Taitareeya Upanishad, "Matru Devo Bhava." Essence of the navaratri celebration at social level is to remind & respect all the women, who are the guardians of the family, culture, and national integrity, to take lead in times of crisis to guide the humanity towards t

Children of Priyanka Vadhra during the festival of Dassera in New Delhi on in New Delhi on Monday, 28 September 2009. Dussehra symbolises the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology. Dasara is also known as Navaratri, as in the first nine days the Divine Mother Goddess Durga is worshipped and invoked in different manifestations of her Shakti. The 10th day is in honor of Durga Devi. The basic purpose behind this festival is to worship feminine principle of the Universe in the form of the divine mother to remind the teachings of the Taitareeya Upanishad, "Matru Devo Bhava".