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Hindu spring festival, Hermant Misir, left, and Raj Persaud sprinkle scented, colored powder on Cyril Doobay as part of the Festival of Colors at Vish(...)
Hindu spring festival, Hermant Misir, left, and Raj Persaud sprinkle scented, colored powder on Cyril Doobay as part of the Festival of Colors at Vish(...)

Hindu spring festival, Hermant Misir, left, and Raj Persaud sprinkle scented, colored powder on Cyril Doobay as part of the Festival of Colors at Vish(...)

Date3/26/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hindu spring festival; Hermant Misir; left; and Raj Persaud sprinkle scented; colored powder on Cyril Doobay as part of the Festival of Colors at Vishnu Hindu Temple on Yonge St. at Highway 7 in Richmond Hill. Thousand of Metro Hindus celebrated the spring festival yesterday and engaged in similar greetings as a sign of good friendship.
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