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Kanjak Ashtami puja is an important ritual during the Chaitra Navratri or Vasant Navratras. It falls on the eighth day – the Ashtami day – of the nine-day Navratri festival. A young girl child (Kanjaks) is worshipped on this day in North India
Kanjak Ashtami puja is an important ritual during the Chaitra Navratri or Vasant Navratras. It falls on the eighth day – the Ashtami day – of the nine-day Navratri festival. A young girl child (Kanjaks) is worshipped on this day in North India. In 2011, the date of Kanjak Ashtami is marked on April 11.
Kanjak Ashtami puja is an important ritual during the Chaitra Navratri or Vasant Navratras. It falls on the eighth day – the Ashtami day – of the nine-day Navratri festival. A young girl child (Kanjaks) is worshipped on this day in North India
they come
on the eve
of navratra
on pitru paksh
day...stretched
out hands ,,
near the archway
some give them
money some
kurmura ,,
the traditional
way ,,to their
dear departed
ancestors
the north
indian migrant
offers prayers
the beggars
make sure
they are there
life broken down
leprous bare
putrid wounds
through blind
eyes socketless
they stare ..
beggars are
beggars their
fate fulsome
is the only
thing they
share ,,,
beggars
beyond
caste
color
creed
their
collective
ethnicity
from here
till doomsday
this was shot on pitru paksh 2012 ,, as a picture some wordplay
#beggars
#firozeshakir
#beggarpoet