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Iraqi PM defends ban of candidates before vote Over three million women gather for Pongala festival (Second Lead)THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Braving the rising mercury and smoke rising from their earthen kilns, more than three million women devotees cooked rice and jaggery as offering for the presiding deity of Attukal Bhagavathi temple here Sunday to celebrate the Pongala festival. Israeli Police storm Jerusalem holy disperse to quell Palestinian demonstrators
Israel police storm holy site to quell rioters Over three million women gather for Pongala festivalTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM - More than three million women devotees lit earthen kilns to cook rice and jaggery as offering for the presiding deity of Attukal Bhagavathi temple here Sunday on the occasion of Pongala festival. Israeli Police storm Jerusalem holy disperse to quell Palestinian protesters
Israel police storm holy site to quell protesters ‘Women’s Sabarimala’ Pongala festival beginsTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM - More than three million women devotees patiently stood in lines, stretching up to main roads of the city, to pay obeisance at the Attukal Bhagavathi temple here on the occasion of mega festival Pongala Sunday. |
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