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Our local replica of Lord Shiva across the Ganges in Haridwar, India
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He is welcoming pilgrims who comes to visit him at Grand Bassin, a natural reservoir worshipped just as Mauritius' local Mother Ganges
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Grand Bassin, where thousands of pilgrims gather for Mahashivatri every year
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Today is Ganesh Chaturthi, the festival when the devotees of the elephant-god, son of Lord Shiva, is immersed in the water
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Bassin Blanc, another natural reservoir
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Leo's hand (Leo is the partner of my sister, Mijitha)
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Today was a particularly rainy day so they are running for shelter from the rain
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Sugarcane plantations that spread for miles and miles
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Josian, mum's brother and my godfather, parading in his Aussie gifts
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