A priest worships a young Indian Hindu girl as "Kumari", (a young girl portraying the Hindu goddess Durga), on the occasion of Durga Pooja festival celebration in Kolkata on Saturday, 26 September 2009.

Photographer: Bhaskar Mallick

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