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Indian Hindu devotees get their heads shaved to perform rituals to pay obeisance to their forefathers on the last day of Pitru Paksha or days for offering prayers to ancestors, at Sangam in Allahabad on October 8, 2018. - In Hindu mythology, this day is also called "Mahalaya" and describes the day when the gods created the ten-armed goddess Durga to destroy the demon king Asura who plotted to drive out the gods from their kingdom. The five-day period of worship of Durga, who is attributed as the destroyer of evil, commences on October 15, this year (Photo by SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP) (Photo credit should read SANJAY KANOJIA/AFP via Getty Images)