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A rickshaw puller transporting an idol of Goddess Saraswati from Kumortuli. The demand for rickshaws surges during the Durga puja season in September-October, which is closely followed by several other festivals like Laxmi Puja and Kali Puja. Traversing easily through narrow lanes, the hand-pulled rickshaw is indispensable for getting around crowded streets during pre-festival shopping.

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An archaic relic in the age of modern modes of transportation, hand-pulled rickshaws have phased away from the countries where they originated, like Japan and China, but continue to exist in India. In Kolkata, they are still used as a mode of transport (Courtesy: Soumya Shankar Ghosal)

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Tamil inscription at Sadarmangala, near International Tech Park in Whitefield, installed in 1346 CE, during the early reign of the Vijayanagara dynasty. It is a record of a land grant made to Gangadhara, a resident of Senjiagaram (Courtesy: Perumal Venkatesan)

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