Dhaka, Bangladesh. 17th Nov 2015. A saint attended the Kartik Brati or Rakher Upobash festival at Shri Shri Lokanath Brahmachari Ashram temple in Dhaka on November 17, 2015. Every year thousands of Hindu devotees gather in front of Shri Shri Lokenath Brahmachari Ashram temple for the Kartik Brati or Rakher Upobash religious festival in Barodi, Near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faithful sit in front of candles light ( named locally as Prodip ) and absorb in Brahmachari who is called Baba Lokenath was an 18th Century Hindu saint and philosopher in Bengal.
DHAKA, BANGLADESH 17th November: A saint attended the Kartik Brati or Rakher Upobash festival at Shri Shri Lokanath Brahmachari Ashram temple in Dhaka on November 17, 2015. Every year thousands of Hindu devotees gather in front of Shri Shri Lokenath Brahmachari Ashram temple for the Kartik Brati or Rakher Upobash religious festival in Barodi, Near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faithful sit in front of candles light ( named locally as Prodip ) and absorb in Brahmachari who is called Baba Lokenath was an 18th Century Hindu saint and philosopher in Bengal. Hindu worshippers fast and pray in earnest to the gods for their favors during the traditional ritual called Kartik Brati or Rakher Brahmachari devotees pray with light to save their family and dear from cholera and pox disease.
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