Hindu devotees celebrate Rakher Upbash in Dhaka

Thousands of Hindu devotees sit with Prodip and pray to God in front of Shri Shri Lokanath Brahmachari Ashram temple during the religious festival Kartik Brati, also known as Rakher Upobash in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 04, 2017. Every year thousands of Hindu devotees gather in front of Shri Shri Lokenath Brahmachari Ashram temple for the Kartik Brati or Rakher Upobash religious festival in Barodi, Near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Devotees sit in front of candles light (named locally as Prodip). Lokenath Brahmachari who is called Baba Lokenath was an 18th Century Hindu saint and philosopher in Bengal. Hindu worshippers fast and pray in earnest to the gods for their favors during the traditional ritual called Kartik Brati. Lokenath Brahmachari devotees pray with light to save their family and dear from cholera and pox disease. (Photo by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/NurPhoto via Getty Images)