Description : 10th October 2026. Agartala, Tripura, India. Indian Hindu devotees perform Tarpan, a ritual to pay obeisance to one's forefathers on the last day for offering prayers to ancestors called Pitri Tarpan in Lakshmi Narayan bari pond in Agartala. In Hindu mythology, this day is also called 'Mahalaya' and described as the day the Gods created the ten armed Goddess Durga to destroy the demon king Asur who plotted to drive the gods from their kingdom. The five-day period of Durga's worship is attributed to her role as the destroyer of evil.