Agartala, India. 19th Sep, 2017. Indian Hindu devotees performs Tarpan, a ritual to pay obeisance to one's forefathers on the last day for offering prayers to ancestors called Pitritarpan in Tripura, India, on September 19, 2017. In Hindu mythology, this day is also called "Mahalaya" and described as the day when the Gods created the ten armed Goddess Durga to destroy the demon king Asur who plotted to drive out the gods from their kingdom. The five-day period of worship of Durga, who is attributed as the destroyer of evil. Credit: Abhisek Saha/Pacific Press/Alamy Live News

---

Size: 4288px × 2848px
Photo credit: © PACIFIC PRESS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: belief, culture, forefathers, india, obeisance, offer, pitritarpan, prayer, religion, ritual, tarpan, tradition, tripura