Saraswati is thrown into the river
January 25th 2007 For several days, the city has been preparing for a festival - the auspicious day was the 23rd. All over, there were new stalls selling differing sizes of deity, and podiums being created wherever you walk. Near to our hotel we watched every day as a bamboo structure was attached to the area above the walkway - a stage appeared and by the evening of the 22nd, the alley was swathed in red cloth, a
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