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Stunning ‘alpana’ lights up Kolkata street ahead of Durga Puja

| Sep 19, 2017, 08:42:02 PM

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Invoking goddess Durga on earth, Kolkata observed Mahalaya with devotional songs, scriptural recitations and prayers as greetings on social media enlivened a rainy day. Meanwhile, around 300 people came together to create the longest ‘alpana’ or ‘rangoli’ on 1.4 km stretch of Lake Road in South Kolkata.

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