Indian florists prepare for Durga Puja
Indian flower vendors showcase lotus flowers to attract puja organisers for Durga Puja. The five-day festival, which commemorates the slaying of the demon king Mahishasur by the goddess Durga and marks the triumph of good over evil, begins on October 7.
- Indian flower vendors showcase lotus flowers to attract puja organisers for Durga Puja, at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata on October 6, 2016. The five-day Durga Puja festival, which commemorates the slaying of the demon king Mahishasur by the goddess Durga and marks the triumph of good over evil, begins on October 7. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images)
- Indian flower vendors showcase lotus flowers to attract puja organisers for Durga Puja, at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata on October 6, 2016. The five-day Durga Puja festival, which commemorates the slaying of the demon king Mahishasur by the goddess Durga and marks the triumph of good over evil, begins on October 7. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images)
- Indian flower vendors and farmers showcase flowers to attract puja organisers for Durga Puja, at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata on October 6, 2016. The five-day Durga Puja festival, which commemorates the slaying of the demon king Mahishasur by the goddess Durga and marks the triumph of good over evil, begins on October 7. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images)
- Indian flower vendors and farmers showcase flowers to attract puja organisers for Durga Puja, at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata on October 6, 2016. The five-day Durga Puja festival, which commemorates the slaying of the demon king Mahishasur by the goddess Durga and marks the triumph of good over evil, begins on October 7. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images)
- Indian flower vendors and farmers showcase flowers to attract puja organisers for Durga Puja, at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata on October 6, 2016. The five-day Durga Puja festival, which commemorates the slaying of the demon king Mahishasur by the goddess Durga and marks the triumph of good over evil, begins on October 7. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images)
- Indian flower vendors and farmers showcase flowers to attract puja organisers for Durga Puja, at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata on October 6, 2016. The five-day Durga Puja festival, which commemorates the slaying of the demon king Mahishasur by the goddess Durga and marks the triumph of good over evil, begins on October 7. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images)
- Indian flower vendors and farmers showcase flowers to attract puja organisers for Durga Puja, at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata on October 6, 2016. The five-day Durga Puja festival, which commemorates the slaying of the demon king Mahishasur by the goddess Durga and marks the triumph of good over evil, begins on October 7. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images)
- Indian flower vendors and farmers showcase flowers to attract puja organisers for Durga Puja, at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata on October 6, 2016. The five-day Durga Puja festival, which commemorates the slaying of the demon king Mahishasur by the goddess Durga and marks the triumph of good over evil, begins on October 7. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images)
- Indian flower vendors showcase lotus flowers to attract puja organisers for Durga Puja, at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata on October 6, 2016. The five-day Durga Puja festival, which commemorates the slaying of the demon king Mahishasur by the goddess Durga and marks the triumph of good over evil, begins on October 7. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images)