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Indian people celebrate Narayali Purnima in Mumbai

Updated:2019-08-16 15:21:41   XinHua

Indian fisherwomen of the Koli community offer prayers with a coconut on their heads during the celebration of Narayali Purnima, or Coconut Festival, in Mumbai, India, Aug. 14, 2019. Narayali Purnima celebrates on the full moon day in the month of Shravan, mostly by the fishing community. It marks the beginning of the new fishing season and fishermen worship to Sea God to bless and protect them from natural calamities. (Photo by Fariha Farooqui/Xinhua)

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