Editorial photo #1608760 Religion and Belief
Durga Puja Festival in Mississauga, Ontario
Bengali Hindu devotees offer blessed flower petals as a Hindu priest recites special prayers honouring the Goddess Durga during the Durga Puja festival at a pandal (temporary temple) in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada on October 15, 2016. Hundreds of Bengalis (who have now migrated to Canada from Kolkata, India) attended the celebration. Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves worship of Goddess Durga symbolizing the power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology. --- (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)