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A member of the Indian National Cadet Corps (NCC) holds a tri-colour flag while performing an acrobatic manouvre known as Mallakhamb during the 66th NCC day celebrations in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad on November 22, 2014.The NCC, a voluntary organisation which recruits cadets from secondary schools and colleges, was formed in 1948 to develop social service and leadership skills among participating Indian youth under the auspices of the Ministry of Defence.AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM / AFP PHOTO / NOAH SEELAM

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An Indian Sikh Nihang - traditional Sikh warrior -, Baba Avtar Singh wears an oversized 650 meter-long turban during a Fateh Divas celebration which takes place the day after the Diwali festival, in Amritsar on October 31, 2016.
The Sikh celebration of the return of the sixth Guru Hargobind from detention in the Gwalior Fort, known as Bandi Chhorh Divas and which coincides with the Hindu festival of Diwali, marks the day Guru Hargobind had agreed to his release on the condition that the other fifty-two vassal kings who were detainees would also be released. / AFP PHOTO / NARINDER NANU

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An Indian sadhu - Hindu holy man - looks on from his temporary camp on Gangasagar Island, around 150 kms south of Kolkata on January 13, 2017.
More than 700, 000 Hindu pilgrims and sadhus - holy men - are expected to gather at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal during the Gangasagar Mela to take a holy dip in the ocean on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered to be of great religious significance in Hindu mythology.
/ AFP PHOTO / Dibyangshu SARKAR

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