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Kushmanda: The fourth from of Maa Durga credited with creating the world with Her smile

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She resides in the Suryalok, in core of the Sun.
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Chandraghanta: The third avatar of Maa Durga who is always ready to fight the demons

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She rides a tiger or a lion to as a symbol of bravery and is also known as Chandika and Rannchandi.
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Brahmacharini: The second incarnation of Maa Durga worshipped on second day of Navratri

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She is the unmarried avatar of Maa Parvati
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Shailaputri: The manifestation of Maa Durga worshipped on the first day of Navratri

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Maa Shailaputri rides a bull and carries a lotus in Her left hand and a Trishul in Her right hand.
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Indian Railways to run exclusive trains for women on Rakshabandhan

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Rakshabandhan will be celebrated on Sunday, 26th August
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Mamata Banerjee to skip NITI Aayog’s meet as it coincides with Eid

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'I don't leave my people on festivals,' said Banerjee.
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Read about Shashi Tharoor’s Twitter faux pas

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Ironically, he has authored a book 'Why I am a Hindu'.
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Bali in Indonesia is celebrating Hindu New Year, observed as the Day of Silence

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The day known as Nyepi is observed after several previous rituals of purification and celebration.
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Kerala bids farewell to its King of Beauty, legendary elephant Thiruvambadi Sivasunder

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Sivasunder was diagnosed with impaction, he was the most celebrated elephant in Kerala
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Semengate: was it semen in those balloons thrown at those Delhi University girls?

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While one of the accuse is a woman, the gender of other abusers is not known yet
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