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Face Painting during Gajan festival

Gajan is very popular festival of rural Bengal. This is a make up session for Gajan, after the makeup the children used to play roll of many gods and collect money from the people who used to watch their show. Here little girl's faces are painted by artist. The girl, who sit in the middle will become lord Krishna with make up.

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Date Taken: 04.2015
Date Uploaded: 05.2015
Photo Location: India
Copyright: © Joydeep Mukherjee
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