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Gods Go for Beach Outing, Find Little Sand

Published 23 February 2008 Art & Culture , Environment , India , Religion, Spiritualism & Other Make-Believe Leave a Comment
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Masi Magam Festival, Pondicherry

Yesterday marked the Masi Magam festival in Pondicherry, a celebration which allows the Hindu gods Vishnu and Shiva – or at least their temple-idol look-alikes, more numerous than ersatz Elvises at a Las Vegas convention – to stroll among the sea-side villages on hand- or ox-pulled carts and have a ritual dip in the waves.

It’s very festive, as all good festivals should be.

And very loud, as all good Indian festivals should be.

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