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Devotees in northern India offer special prayers on banks of Ganga River to welcome New Year.
Devotees offer special prayer on the banks of river Ganga in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state, to mark beginning on New Year 2011.
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VARANASI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (JANUARY 01, 2010) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC)
1. BANKS OF GANGA RIVER
2. GANGA RIVER FLOWING
3. DEVOTEES SITTING IN A BOAT IN THE GANGA RIVER
4. DEVOTEES TAKING DIP IN THE RIVER
5. FOREIGN TOURISTS TAKING DIP IN THE RIVER
6. 'HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011' WRITTEN WITH FLOWERS ON THE GROUND
7. DEVOTEES STANDING ON THE BANK OF GANGA RIVER
8. CHILDREN SKATING AROUND 'HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011' WRITTEN WITH FLOWERS ON THE GROUND
9. FOREIGN TOURISTS STANDING ON THE BANK OF GANGA RIVER
10. DEVOTEES GATHERED ON THE BANKS OF GANGA RIVER
11. DEVOTEES OFFERING PRAYERS ON THE BANKS OF GANGA RIVER
12. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) RAJESH KUMAR SINGH, A DEVOTEE, SAYING:"I offered prayers on the bank of Ganga River and took a pledge that I will try and achieve my targets so that my previous year which has ended and the upcoming New Year be successful."
13. WOMEN DEVOTEES OFFERING PRAYERS ON THE BANKS OF GANGA RIVER.
14. A DEVOTEE PREPARING HOLY OFFERING ON THE BANK OF GANGA RIVER
15. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) MANOJ PANDEY, ANOTHER DEVOTEE, SAYING:"I have taken a pledge that I have to move forward day by day to be successful. And about the country I have thought that will work sincerely for the country and will try and remove corruption from the country. This is my aim."
16. DEVOTEES OFFERING PRAYERS ON THE BANKS OF GANGA RIVER
17. GATHERING OF DEVOTEES ON THE BANKS OF GANGA RIVER
STORY: Devotees offered special prayer on the banks of river Ganga in Varanasi city of India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday (January 01) to mark beginning on New Year 2011.
Devotees said they offered prayers for a successful future.
"I offered prayers on the bank of Ganga River and took a pledge that I will try and achieve my targets so that my previous year which has ended and the upcoming New Year be successful," said Rajesh Kumar Singh, a devotee.
Devotees also offered prayers for the well-being of the country and took a pledge to remove corruption from the country as soon as possible.
"I have taken a pledge that I have to move forward day by day to be successful. And about the country I have thought that will work sincerely for the country and will try and remove corruption from the country. This is my aim," said Manoj Pandey, another devotee.
Varanasi recently witnessed a bomb blast that rocked the nation.
On December 07, a bomb blast had rocked the Dashashwamedh Ghat area of Ganga riverbanks near Vishwanath temple in Varanasi city.
A two-year-old girl was killed and about 37 people including foreign tourists were injured in the blast and the ensuing stampede.
Militant outfit 'Indian Mujahideen' (IM) had claimed responsibility of the blast by sending e-mails to various media houses.
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