An artist of Kumartuli from Kolkata making a clay idol of goddess Durga for the famous Durga puja festival.Kolkata,India. For generations, the inhabitants of Kumartuli in northern Kolkata have been engaged in the time-honoured art of creating clay idols of Goddess Durga. Clay is collected from the banks of the Ganges River. A lump of clay is collected from the soil of localities where sex-workers live, as this clay is considered to be sanctified. It is then added to the clay mixture for making the idol.
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