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At dasara and/or makara samkranthi, kannadigas and telugu people arrange a display of dolls and invite the women of the neighbourhood to come and receive pasupu (arshana, turmeric, haldi) and kumkuma (sindhur). Coconuts, sweets, betel leaves, flowers, areca nuts, bananas and soaked/cooked pulses are also distributed.
I took the occasion to take a few pictures.
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- South Indians celebrate Dasara in hounour of Durga Devi, who fought an asura on the 10th day of this month.
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- Matsya, Kurma and Varaha Avatars
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- Narasimha, Vamana, Parasurama
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- Parasurama, Rama, Balarama and Krishna
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- Rama, Balarama, Krishna, Hayagriva
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- Old wooden dolls
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- The koluvu
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- Ganesha, Vinayaka
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- Hanuman, Sita, Rama and Lakshmana
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- Parvathi, Devi or Sakthi (sometimes bhudevi is represented like this)
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- The shopkeepers
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