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Durga Puja: Women Break Tradition

By Rediff News Bureau
October 12, 2021 09:43 IST
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Breaking centuries-old custom, for the first time in the history of Durga Puja in West Bengal, women priests Nandini Bhowmik, Ruma Roy, Seymanti Banerjee and Poulami Chakraborty performed rituals on the occasion of Maha Sasthi, October 11, 2021.

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