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23 July 2025

People set fire to the effigy of ''Ghantakarna'' at a crossroad while celebrating ''Gathemangal'' in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on July 23, 2025. This festival, which falls on Trayodashi (the third day) of the month of Shrawan (July/August), is also known as Ghantakarna Chaturdasi and is celebrated in memory of the mythical demon Ghantakarna's death. According to legends, the demon Ghantakarna terrorizes villagers by stealing children and women from the village and demands money and other gifts as ransom for their release. His body is painted in red, blue, and black, and he wears a pair of bells on his ears. He looks very scary, and every time he moves, the bells jingle. He gets his name from the bells on his ears, with Ghanta meaning 'bell' and Karna meaning 'ears'. The fear of this dreadful monster keeps people inside their homes most of the time. Even during the planting season, they do not dare to leave their homes. However, one day, a large number of frogs come to the village and begin to croak near Ghantakarna's place. He becomes furious, but the frogs do not stop. They croak even louder, and when he tries to catch them, they jump into the water. He also jumps into the water without realizing that it is a swamp and soon starts to drown. The frogs swarm around his head, and he drowns to death. In this way, the frogs save the village and the villagers from the demon. Effigies built at the turnings and roadways of the locality are later dragged and burnt to ashes in areas far from residential areas, mostly at crossroads. This festival is also celebrated as a symbol of cleanliness, even though the garbage inside and outside the house is cleaned and disposed of in a systematic manner. This festival is celebrated by cleaning the garbage, calling it a ghost to get rid of it, as it does not pay attention to sanitation during the planting period, and various insects cause grief at this time.

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25 April 2025

A regional bus on route 904 departs the Monastery Schaftlarn stop en route to Starnberg Nord in Schaftlarn, Munich District, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, on April 18, 2025. The stop is located next to the historic monastery, surrounded by traditional Bavarian buildings and forested landscape.

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25 April 2025

A regional bus on route 904 to Starnberg Nord stops at the Kloster Schaftlarn station as passengers board and alight in Schaftlarn, Munich District, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, on April 18, 2025. The stop is located beside the historic monastery complex and is surrounded by traditional Bavarian buildings near the forest edge.

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8 April 2025

A train stops at the St. Ottilien railway station in Emming, Eresing, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany, on June 20, 2021. The station is located on the Mering-Weilheim line operated by Deutsche Bahn and is named after the nearby St. Ottilien Archabbey

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8 April 2025

A view of the railway tracks and small shelter at St. Ottilien station in Emming, Eresing, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany, on June 20, 2021. The rural stop is situated along the Mering-Weilheim line of Deutsche Bahn and serves the nearby St. Ottilien Archabbey.

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8 April 2025

A train passes through the St. Ottilien railway station in Emming, Eresing, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany, on June 20, 2021. The station is located on the Mering-Weilheim line operated by Deutsche Bahn and is named after the nearby St. Ottilien Archabbey.

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#12242189

8 April 2025

A small corrugated shelter with a sign reading ''St. Ottilien'' is at the St. Ottilien railway station in Emming, Eresing, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany, on June 20, 2021. The station, located on the Mering-Weilheim line of Deutsche Bahn, is named after the nearby St. Ottilien Archabbey.

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8 April 2025

The ticket hut and station buildings are at St. Ottilien station in Emming, Eresing, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany, on June 20, 2021. The station is on the Mering-Weilheim line of Deutsche Bahn and is named after the nearby St. Ottilien Archabbey.

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30 May 2023

Buddhist monks stoped at Liong Hok Bio during their religious journey in Magelang, Central Java, on May 30 2023. A total of 32 Buddhist monks from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, made a ritual religious trip (Thudong International) more than 2,000 Km starts from a monastery in the province of Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Thailand, at the end of March to the Borobudur temple located in Central Java, Indonesia. The Thudong ritual, which has been going on for hundreds of years, aims to train the monks' patience, based on Buddhist teachings.

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30 May 2023

Buddhist monks stoped at Liong Hok Bio during their religious journey in Magelang, Central Java, on May 30 2023. A total of 32 Buddhist monks from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, made a ritual religious trip (Thudong International) more than 2,000 Km starts from a monastery in the province of Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Thailand, at the end of March to the Borobudur temple located in Central Java, Indonesia. The Thudong ritual, which has been going on for hundreds of years, aims to train the monks' patience, based on Buddhist teachings.

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30 May 2023

Buddhist monks stoped at Liong Hok Bio during their religious journey in Magelang, Central Java, on May 30 2023. A total of 32 Buddhist monks from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, made a ritual religious trip (Thudong International) more than 2,000 Km starts from a monastery in the province of Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Thailand, at the end of March to the Borobudur temple located in Central Java, Indonesia. The Thudong ritual, which has been going on for hundreds of years, aims to train the monks' patience, based on Buddhist teachings.

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30 May 2023

The monks are preparing to continue their religious journey, after stopping and resting at the Hok Tik Bio Monastery, Ambarawa Regency, Central Java, on May 30 2023. A total of 32 Buddhist monks from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, made a ritual religious trip (Thudong International) more than 2,000 Km starts from a monastery in the province of Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Thailand, at the end of March to the Borobudur temple located in Central Java, Indonesia. The Thudong ritual, which has been going on for hundreds of years, aims to train the monks' patience, based on Buddhist teachings.

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30 May 2023

The monks are preparing to continue their religious journey, after stopping and resting at the Hok Tik Bio Monastery, Ambarawa Regency, Central Java, on May 30 2023. A total of 32 Buddhist monks from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, made a ritual religious trip (Thudong International) more than 2,000 Km starts from a monastery in the province of Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Thailand, at the end of March to the Borobudur temple located in Central Java, Indonesia. The Thudong ritual, which has been going on for hundreds of years, aims to train the monks' patience, based on Buddhist teachings.

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30 May 2023

The monks are preparing to continue their religious journey, after stopping and resting at the Hok Tik Bio Monastery, Ambarawa Regency, Central Java, on May 30 2023. A total of 32 Buddhist monks from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, made a ritual religious trip (Thudong International) more than 2,000 Km starts from a monastery in the province of Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Thailand, at the end of March to the Borobudur temple located in Central Java, Indonesia. The Thudong ritual, which has been going on for hundreds of years, aims to train the monks' patience, based on Buddhist teachings.

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30 May 2023

The monks are preparing to continue their religious journey, after stopping and resting at the Hok Tik Bio Monastery, Ambarawa Regency, Central Java, on May 30 2023. A total of 32 Buddhist monks from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, made a ritual religious trip (Thudong International) more than 2,000 Km starts from a monastery in the province of Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Thailand, at the end of March to the Borobudur temple located in Central Java, Indonesia. The Thudong ritual, which has been going on for hundreds of years, aims to train the monks' patience, based on Buddhist teachings.

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2 April 2023

A protester holds a banner with the sentence ''How many murders has to bless Kirill to make you stop going to his church?'' in a protest in the entrance of the Moscow dependent Pechersk Lavra Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukrainian government declared the eviction of the monks because their connections with the russian patriarchy and its support of the Russia invasion of Ukraine.

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