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Culture, kitsch and Mother Teresa at Hindu goddess' festival

Mother Teresa is depicted treating a leper in this pandal, or temporary shrine, at the Hindu Durga Puja festival celebration in Siliguri, India. (Photo by Kundan Yolmo)

SILIGURI, India -- At a Durga Puja pavilion in this sub-Himalayan town, Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun who was canonized by Pope Francis in September, is seen sharing a pedestal with Durga, the supreme Hindu goddess of power.

With them are Durga's children - Saraswati (goddess of learning), Lakshmi (goddess of wealth), Ganesh (the elephant-headed remover of obstacles) and Kartik (god of war).

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