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1651-calendar-janmashtami-320This week, a major festival for Hindus: August 17 is Janmashtami, which celebrates the birth of their popular deity Lord Krishna, often depicted as a young man with blue skin.

Watch our story on the celebration at a Hindu temple in Chantilly, Virginia.

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