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Durga Puja is a festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess Durga – daughter, mother, warrior and defeater of demons
Kamadeva, also known as Madana, is the Hindu god of love, desire and infatuation.
Goddesses have traditionally protected against sickness and cured the ill, according to Hindu belief. More recently they have been coopted to combat AIDS and traffic deaths.
Many tourists hold an outdated romanticized image of an abandoned temple emerging from the jungle. But research around Angkor Wat suggests its collapse might be better described as a transformation.
Offering food to deities in Hinduism has deep religious significance. And most Hindu deities are not served meat.
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