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indu devotees pray before forming aor curd pot, suspended in the air on August 19 to celebrate Janmashtami, an annual festival that marks the birth of the Hindu god Krishna. The breaking of the pot is meant to imitate a childhood game Krishna played where he and other children banded together to try to steal curds hung beyond their reach by their mothers.

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