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Cadets observe Hindu religious holiday

Cadet 2nd Class Ian Sweeney (center) participates in a Sri Ganesh Chaturthi at the Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel Sept. 21, 2012. Sweeney is assigned to Cadet Squadron 18. Also pictured are Mythili Bachu (left), chairperson of the Council of Hindu Temples of North America and president of the United Hindu Jain Temples of Washington, D.C., and Srinivasacharya Gudimella (right), a priest with the Sri Venkateswara Temple of Colorado in Castle Rock, Colo. The ceremony is held to honor the birthday of Ganesha, one of the major gods of the Hindu pantheon. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

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