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Watch: This village in South India ends its Diwali celebrations with a cow-dung festival

Gumatapura village on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border celebrates the Gorehabba festival every year.

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Nov 19, 2020 · 03:47 pm
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VIDEO: The festival is unique to a village where locals believe their god -- Beereshwara Swamy -- was born in cow excrement pic.twitter.com/MGqax4lVYa

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