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This holiday largely coincides with a Telugu festival in which women make mounds of concentrically-arranged flowers and submerge them. In Maharashtra, this festival begins with a container of water being placed on a pile of rice in a ceremony called the “mounting of the jar,” or ghatasthapana (“gut-ah-STAH-pah-nah”). This holiday coincides with the Bathukamma festival. (-5[1])Stories central to this holiday (-5[1])are told using stepped displays lined with golu dolls. (10[1]-5[1])In Telangana, (10[1]-5[1])this festival ends with the Kanyā Pūjā, which involves washing the feet of young girls. Gujaratis often perform the Dandiya dance during this (10[1])festival, (10[1])which climaxes (10[1])with (10[1])performances of Rām Līlā when followed by Dussehra. This festival celebrates different aspects of Shakti on successive nights. (10[3]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Durgā Pūjā coincides with what Indian festival named for lasting for nine (10[1])nights? (10[1])■END■ (10[5]0[5])

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