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Traditions of Mumbai

17 traditions tied to Mumbai.

🇮🇳 Kolkata, India and 5 moreNavaratriनवरात्रि (Navarātri) A nine-night Hindu festival honoring the goddess Durga and her nine forms through prayer, fasting, and dance.Festival · Fasting and breaking the fast

🇮🇳 Pune, India and 5 moreGanesh Chaturthiगणेश चतुर्थी A Hindu festival celebrating the arrival of Ganesha, marked by clay idols, sweets, and public processions.Festival

🇮🇳 Vrindavan, India and 2 moreGovardhan Puja A Hindu festival of piled vegetarian foods and sculpted earth, honouring KrishnaSpiritual · Feasts and festival meals

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Ganesh Chaturthi: Original uploader was MatthieuMoy at fr.wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
Navaratri: Mukerjee, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Govardhan Puja: Ms Sarah Welch, CC0, source

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