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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/12/15/59/1sLKh2.St.138.jpeg|443Indians load an idol of Hindu Goddess Durga into a truck to be transported to a place of worship, at a workshop in Mumbai, India, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. The five-day Durga Puja festival will begin on Oct. 20 and end on Oct. 24 with the immersion of idols in water bodies. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/12/15/59/4ytoJ.St.138.jpeg|381An Indian boy looks at idols of Hindu Goddess Durga at a workshop ahead of Durga Puja festival in Gauhati, India, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. The five-day Durga Puja festival will begin on Oct. 20 and end on Oct. 24 with the immersion of idols in water bodies. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/12/15/58/1bVHRO.St.138.jpeg|451An artisan paints an idol of Hindu Goddess Durga at a workshop ahead of Durga Puja festival in Gauhati, India, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. The five-day Durga Puja festival will begin on Oct. 20 and end on Oct. 24 with the immersion of idols in water bodies. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/12/15/58/1lfnzN.St.138.jpeg|407An artisan carries clay masks of Hindu Goddess Durga at a workshop ahead of Durga Puja festival in Gauhati, India, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. The five-day Durga Puja festival will begin on Oct. 20 and end on Oct. 24 with the immersion of idols in water bodies. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/12/15/58/1rkJTy.St.138.jpeg|386An artisan paints an idol of Hindu Goddess Durga at a workshop ahead of Durga Puja festival in Gauhati, India, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. The five-day Durga Puja festival will begin on Oct. 20 and end on Oct. 24 with the immersion of idols in water bodies. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/12/15/58/EYdU4.St.138.jpeg|379Artisans work on idols of Hindu goddess Durga by the side of a road in Kolkata, India, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. The five day Hindu festival Durga Puja will begin on Oct. 20 and end on Oct. 24 with the immersion of idols in water bodies. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/12/15/57/1amUqm.St.138.jpeg|409An artisan rests beside idols of Hindu goddess Durga at a workshop in Kolkata, India, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. The five day Hindu festival Durga Puja will begin on Oct. 20 and end on Oct. 24 with the immersion of idols in water bodies. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/12/15/57/XqH1K.St.138.jpeg|416Artisans work on idols of Hindu goddess Durga by the side of a road in Kolkata, India, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. the five day Hindu festival Durga Puja will begin on Oct. 20 and end on Oct. 24 with the immersion of idols in water bodies. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/12/15/56/8wAvK.St.138.jpeg|416A man talks on his mobile phone as he walks past idols of Hindu goddess Durga in Kolkata, India, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. The five-day Hindu festival Durga Puja will begin on Oct. 20 and end on Oct. 24 with the immersion of idols in water bodies. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/12/15/59/qVyuf.St.138.jpeg|416Indian Hindu women wear saris after a ritual bath at the holy Ganges river at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna, in Allahabad, India, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims take dips in the confluence, some hoping to wash away sins and others to secure a fine spouse, during the month long festival. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/12/16/00/1lyav6.St.138.jpeg|416An Indian Hindu holy man prays to the Sun God as part of morning rituals while standing on a boat at the holy Ganges river at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna, in Allahabad, India, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims take dips in the confluence, some hoping to wash away sins and others to secure a fine spouse, during the month long festival. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/12/16/00/1irDR7.St.138.jpeg|392An Indian boatman rows his boat during sunrise at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna, in Allahabad, India, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims take dips in the confluence, some hoping to wash away sins and others to secure a fine spouse, during the month long festival. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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