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Kirat community wearing traditional dress, playing traditional musical instrument and celebrating the Sakela Ubhauli festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Saturday May 13, 2023

Varanasi, India - Feb 07, 2009: Every evening, there will be the Puja ritual for praising the god of Ganga on Ganges River bank. It is also a place cannot be missed for tourists in Varanasi.

LIne of fire oil lamps on the ghat of ganga in rishikesh where people take blessings by passing their hands over the fire in Hinduism

Kathmandu, Nepal-April 22,2024: people making the fire ceremony inside the Pashupatinath temple in the morning

Rishikesh, Uttarakhand - August 03 2016: Priests in red robe in the holy city of Rishikesh in Uttarakhand, India during the evening light ceremony called Ganga arthi to worship river Ganga / Ganges.

Pemangku (Balinese priest) praying at the yard of a house, during a celebration for the third month baby anniversary. He clasps his hands reciting prayers as the incense burns. Pemankus are low chaste priests, who serve in family ceremonies, temple maintenance and regular offerings. Most have daily jobs, and their own families.

Pune, India - September 29, 2023, Ganesh immersion procession, Dhol tasha pathak playing traditional dhol on the streets of pune on the occasion of Ganpati visarjan festival in maharashtrian attire.

Manufacturing of religious candles in buddhist temple

LO-MANTANG, NEPAL - MAY 14, 2018 : Old monk in mask perform a religious rite of secrecy of of Tibetan Buddhism during the Tiji festival in capital of the kingdom of Mustang, Nepal.

Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India - June 1, 2017: Ganga Aarti begins every day at sunset at Rishikesh. An aarti is a devotional ritual that uses fire as an offering. It's usually made in the form of a lit lamp, and in the case of the Ganges River, a small diya with a candle and flowers that's floated down the river. The offering is made to the Goddess Ganga, also affectionately referred to as Maa Ganga, goddess of the holiest river in India.

Kathmandu, Nepal-April 22,2024: spinning prayer wheels at the Swayambhunath temple, meditation sessions at these monasteries

Kathmandu,Nepal - Sep 2,2019 : Crowd of Nepali Women at Pashupatinath Temple during Teej Festival in Kathmandu. During Teej,Hindu women fast even without having water and pray for their husbands good health and long life and those who are unmarried pray for to get a good husband in their life.

Maa Durga Pooja during Navratri festival at home in rural India. Traditional Pooja thali to offer prayers in India

Howrah, West Bengal, India - 25th October 2020 : Goddess Durga is being worshipped by Hindu priest. Holy panchapradip is being lit during sondhipujo aarti by masked Hindu devotees. Puja in pandemic.

Prayer flags hanging in abundance near the Namobuddha monastery in Nepal

LO-MANTHANG, NEPAL - MAY 14, 2018 : Old monk in mask perform a religious rite of secrecy of of Tibetan Buddhism during the Tiji festival in capital of the kingdom of Mustang, Nepal.

Woman hand holding a brass Ashtamangalya Vilakku oil lamp used during a pooja in a Hindu wedding ceremony. South Indian Wedding Ceremony

Performer wearing a typical sacred animal mask and costume in a traditional Bhutanese tshechu (religious festival). Shallow dof with unrecognizable onlookers in the background.See a lightbox of all my Bhutan images:

Procession of beautiful Balinese women in traditional costumes - sarong, carry offering on heads for Hindu ceremony. Arts festival, culture of Bali island and Indonesia people, Asian travel background

Gangtey, Bhutan - November 11, 2018: Dancers at the Gangtey Monastery in the Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan, performing in the Black-Necked Crane festival, held annually to celebrate the return of the Black-Necked Cranes from their breeding grounds in Tibet each winter. The festival was first held in November 1998 to encourage awareness of the vulnerable status of the cranes, and has since become a popular event among both locals and tourists.

Kirtipur, Nepal - February 12, 2024 - A Newari Wedding starts with the ritual of, the groom side sending twelve areca nut in a huge silver bowl along with fruits, sweets, gold jewelry, clothes and other cosmetic accessories for the bride which are decorated and displayed in trays in an eye-catching way. The groom and the groom’s mother is absent in this ceremony whereas the bride’s mother starts the ceremony by worshipping lord Ganesh, lord of fire(Agni devta) and other god and goddesses. This ritual is usually performed four days before the wedding on the same day as the bride side’s reception party.

Varanasi, India - December 13, 2015 : Hindu priests perform an Arti worship ceremony at Ganges River, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Scenic view of Buddha stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal at sunset shot on film

$Gangasagar, West Bengal, India, 01_13_2024: Pilgrims are taking bless from Naga Sadhu at Kapil Muni Temple. Naga Sadhus are Hindu religious monks who are famous for remaining naked and being experts in the art of war. They live in various Akharas whose tradition was started by Adiguru Shankaracharya.\nKapil Muni temple is a Hindu temple located on the Gangasagar in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is one of the holiest pilgrimage sites for Hindus and it is believed that Kapil Muni did Tapas here.\nAncient temples were temporarily built temples. According to legend, the first \$

Rural Village, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia - January 7th, 2020: Group of Manggarai Women and Men standing together in a circle around the village ceremony chief wearing their traditional clothes, getting ready for their traditional indonesian dance ceremony and caci dance - war whip fighting performance. Indonesia Rural Manggaraian People Series. Mountain Village close Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara - Flores, Indonesia, Southeast-Asia

Kathmandu, Nepal : October-14-2023 : Dashain, also known as Vijaya Dashami, is Nepal's grandest and most widely celebrated festival.

$Holy man, wearing orange turban and t-shirt, holding a large, silver Trishula, wrapped in garlands. He's on a float, along with a young boy, parading at the Royal Bath procession. Photo taken during Kumbh Mela 2019 in Prayagraj (Allahabad), India. \nTrishulas (tridents) have a wide symbolism: is wielded by the god Shiva and is said to have been used to sever the original head of Ganesha. Durga also holds a trishula, as one of her many weapons. The three points represent various trinities, regarding deities, qualities and tenses. \nKumbh Mela or Kumbha Mela is a major pilgrimage and festival in Hinduism, and probably the greatest religious festival in the World. It is celebrated in a cycle of approximately 12 years at four river-bank pilgrimage sites: the Allahabad (Ganges-Yamuna Sarasvati rivers confluence), Haridwar (Ganges), Nashik (Godavari), and Ujjain (Shipra). The festival is marked by a ritual dip in the waters, but it is also a celebration of community commerce with numerous fairs, education, religious discourses by saints, mass feedings of monks or the poor, and entertainment spectacles. Pilgrims believe that bathing in these rivers is a means to cleanse them of their sins and favour a better next incarnation.$

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