Calcutta, Kalighat: tree with strings
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Morgan, Kenneth W.
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
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This is also a tree at which women pray for children. They tie strings, bits of grass, or hairs from their head to the tree and then make their petition. They also throw colored powders at the base of the tree, put coins and flowers on the ledge, and walk around the tree making their petitions.
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