The Indra Jatra festival
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The colourful eight-day long festival named after the Hindu Lord Indra, began on Friday during which the living goddess Kumari and other deities are worshipped. -Photos by agencies
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Sep 11, 2011 02:12am
indra(semi God of war) and kumari(virgin) are two main characters of this festival. kumari is incarnation of Durga a famous deities of hindumat, represent a special role of woman in hinduism. this example break the myth that women have lower status in hinduism.
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Sep 11, 2011 05:30pm
Love these Hindu festivals. I wished we have similar festivals in Pakistan too.
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Sep 11, 2011 09:43pm
I wish we in Pakistan would have similarly colourful Islamic festivals too. We must stop this Arab-isation and revert to our sub continental roots. We can be devout muslims and at the same time have some colour in our lives.
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Sep 12, 2011 02:31pm
Dear Aftab,
Surprised to see your comment. In fact It is a pleasant surprise to me . We always have this perception that Muslims especially Pakistanis will never be able to enjoy / cherish the colour full aspects of other religion especially against Hindus.
But no, you have changed my thoughts and I hope that such artistic sensitivity flourishes everywhere irrespective of what they follow.
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