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Indian Hindu devotees perform the Tarpan ritual

Indian Hindu devotees perform 'Tarpan' rituals as they stand in a lake to seek blessings for departed family members in Bhopal the capital...

by Harshit_Kumar in India on 23/09/2010

The cemetery of “le Fontanelle”, an ossuary in the middle of the “Rione Sanità”, is one of the most disquieting places in Naples. Naples, Italy. 30/05/2010

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"Le Fontanelle", where the living talk to the dead

The cemetery of “le Fontanelle”, an ossuary in the middle of the “Rione Sanità”, is one of the most disquieting places in Naples. Naples, Italy. 30/...

by Ferdinando Piezzi in Italy on 30/05/2010

The Christian devotees are observing All Souls' Day, known as the Feast of All Souls, Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed. On this day, Christians come to the graveyard and pray for the departed souls of their loved ones. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2/11/2009.


 The Christian holiday of All Soul's Day pays respect and remembers the souls of all friends and loved ones who have died and gone to heaven. The living pray on behalf of Christians who are in purgatory, the state in the afterlife where souls are purified before proceeding to heaven. Souls in purgatory, who are members of the church just like living Christians, must suffer so that they can be purged of their sins. It is a time to pray for their souls that they may be received into heaven.

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All Souls’ Day observed

The Christian devotees are observing All Souls' Day, known as the Feast of All Souls, Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed. On this day,...

by Wahid Adnan in Bangladesh on 02/11/2009

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