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Hindu worshipers holding coconuts chant a prayer Monday while standing in the waters of a holy river that runs through Kataragama, Sri Lanka. Thousands of Hindus and Buddhists have thronged this southern Sri Lankan town for a religious festival held every year at this time.

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