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Thousands of
devotees pull chariots during the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra festival,
or procession of chariots carrying the Indian deities Jagannath,
Balaram and Subhadra, at Puri, India, Tuesday, June 27, 2006. Although
the origin of the annual procession remains obscure, this festival
is one of the oldest continuously celebrated spiritual festivals
in the world, especially in the eastern Indian city of Puri where
the procession is said to have originated in mythical times. (AP
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Devotees
pull a chariot during the 129th annual Jagannath Rath Yatra, or
procession of chariots carrying the Indian deities Jagannath, Balaram
and Subhadra, in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, June 27, 2006. Although
the origin of the annual procession remains obscure, this festival
is one of the oldest continuously celebrated spiritual festivals
in the world, especially in the eastern Indian city of Puri where
the procession is said to have originated in mythical times. (AP
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Traffic
comes to a stand still after heavy showers in New Delhi, India,Tuesday,
June 27, 2006. Traffic was severely affected after several roads
in Delhi witnesed moderate waterlogging. (AP Photo
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A
supporter of Bharatiya Janta Party wearing different kinds of vegetables
as ornaments, shouts anti-government slogans at a protest against
the rising prices of essential commodities, in New Delhi, India,
Tuesday, June 27, 2006. She contended that vegetables have become
so expensive that they can replace gold and precious stones. (AP
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India's
captain Rahul Dravid, left, shakes hands with the West Indies captain
Brian Lara, right, at the end of the third cricket test match at
Warner Park in Basseterre, St. Kitts Monday, June 26, 2006. The
match ended in a draw. (AP Photo
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