Photo of the Week Captions

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Here are the captions for this week's featured photographs, located on

the group's splash page, just below the Sri Chakra:

 

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1. A young artisan girl gives finishing touches to an idol of Lord

Krishna ahead of Janmashtami in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, Aug. 26,

2007. Janmashtami is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of

Krishna, the eighth incarnation of Hindu god Vishnu which falls on the

first week of September 2007. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

 

2. Relatives cry over the bodies of Indian blast victims Srilekha

(left), 18, Shusheela (center), 35, and Sravanthi (right), 14, who

belong to the same family and were killed in the Gokul Chat eatery

blast, at their residence in Uppal, Hyderabad, Monday, Aug. 27, 2007.

A strike called by right-wing Hindu nationalists kept many people off

work and shut schools Monday after twin bomb blasts blamed on Islamic

militants killed 42 civilians in this Indian city.(AFP/Noah Seelam)

 

3. Indian police with a woman protesting against India's nuclear deal

with the US in Siliguri, West Bengal. A nuclear cooperation accord

between India and the United States was billed as historic for

bringing New Delhi into the nuclear fold and delivering energy

security, but it may now threaten the Indian

government.(AFP/File/Diptendu Dutta)

[Guest guest]

Here are the captions for this week's featured photographs, located on

the group's splash page, just below the Sri Chakra:

 

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1. A young artisan girl gives finishing touches to an idol of Lord

Krishna ahead of Janmashtami in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, Aug. 26,

2007. Janmashtami is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of

Krishna, the eighth incarnation of Hindu god Vishnu which falls on the

first week of September 2007. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

 

2 - 3. Nepalese Hindus women, dressed in red, dance at the

Pashupatinath temple, during Teej festival celebrations in Katmandu,

Nepal, Friday, Sept. 14, 2007. On this festival, Nepalese Hindu women

fast for 24 hours and call on the Gods to protect and honor their

husbands, in the hope of a long and happy married life. (AP

Photo/Binod Joshi)