The Durga Puja festival celebrates the worship of the Hindu Goddess Durga, who in Hindu Mythology is celebrated as the Goddess of power and the victor of good over evil.

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Hindu devotees carry an idol of Hindu goddess Durga for immersion into the Yamuna river during Durga Puja festival in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 24.

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Hindu devotees chant prior to immersing an idol of Goddess Durga into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on Oct. 24, in Delhi, India.