A devotee performs traditional ritual "Tarpan" at the river of Ganga on the occasion of Sarva Pitri Amavasya to mark the end of Pitrupaksha in Kolkata on 27 September 2011. Pitru Paksha Shradh, or Pitr Paksh Shraddh, is the annual rites and rituals offered to ancestors, relatives and dead parents in the month of Ashwin in North India

Photographer: Bhaskar Mallick

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