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#6474794

27 February 2021

Hindu women cooking pongala during the Attukal Pongala Mahotsavam Festival in the city of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, India, on February 19, 2019. The Attukal Pongala Mahotsavam Festival is celebrated by millions Hindu women each year. In the year 2010 over 3.5 million women took part in the festival, entering the Guiness World Book of Records for the largest female festival gathering. During this festival women prepare Pongala (rice cooked with jaggery, ghee, coconut as well as other ingredients) in the open in small pots to please the Goddess Kannaki. Pongala (which literally means to boil over) is a ritualistic offering of a sweet dish, consisting of rice porridge, sweet brown molasses, coconut gratings, nuts and raisins. It is done as an offering to Goddess Attukal Devi (popularly known as Attukal Amma) who is believed to fulfill the wishes of her devotees and provide prosperity.

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#6474802

27 February 2021

Hindu women cooking pongala during the Attukal Pongala Mahotsavam Festival in the city of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, India, on February 19, 2019. The Attukal Pongala Mahotsavam Festival is celebrated by millions Hindu women each year. In the year 2010 over 3.5 million women took part in the festival, entering the Guiness World Book of Records for the largest female festival gathering. During this festival women prepare Pongala (rice cooked with jaggery, ghee, coconut as well as other ingredients) in the open in small pots to please the Goddess Kannaki. Pongala (which literally means to boil over) is a ritualistic offering of a sweet dish, consisting of rice porridge, sweet brown molasses, coconut gratings, nuts and raisins. It is done as an offering to Goddess Attukal Devi (popularly known as Attukal Amma) who is believed to fulfill the wishes of her devotees and provide prosperity.

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#6474812

27 February 2021

Hindu women cooking pongala during the Attukal Pongala Mahotsavam Festival in the city of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, India, on February 19, 2019. The Attukal Pongala Mahotsavam Festival is celebrated by millions Hindu women each year. In the year 2010 over 3.5 million women took part in the festival, entering the Guiness World Book of Records for the largest female festival gathering. During this festival women prepare Pongala (rice cooked with jaggery, ghee, coconut as well as other ingredients) in the open in small pots to please the Goddess Kannaki. Pongala (which literally means to boil over) is a ritualistic offering of a sweet dish, consisting of rice porridge, sweet brown molasses, coconut gratings, nuts and raisins. It is done as an offering to Goddess Attukal Devi (popularly known as Attukal Amma) who is believed to fulfill the wishes of her devotees and provide prosperity.

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#593187

18 May 2015

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - May 17: Participants join a yoga session during a mass yoga exercise in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 17, 2015. More than thousands peoples take part a yoga session on the same time as two other cities Bali and Yogyakarta which managed to break the national record. In 2009, the country's top Islamic body in Indonesia are banned from practicing yoga that contains Hindu rituals like chanting, echoing concerns by some religious groups elsewhere about its effect on their faith. The decision in the world's most populous Muslim state follows similar edicts in Malaysia and Egypt as the ancient Indian exercise gained popularity worldwide in recent years.

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#593188

18 May 2015

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - May 17: Participants join a yoga session during a mass yoga exercise in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 17, 2015. More than thousands peoples take part a yoga session on the same time as two other cities Bali and Yogyakarta which managed to break the national record. In 2009, the country's top Islamic body in Indonesia are banned from practicing yoga that contains Hindu rituals like chanting, echoing concerns by some religious groups elsewhere about its effect on their faith. The decision in the world's most populous Muslim state follows similar edicts in Malaysia and Egypt as the ancient Indian exercise gained popularity worldwide in recent years.

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#593189

18 May 2015

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - May 17: Participants join a yoga session during a mass yoga exercise in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 17, 2015. More than thousands peoples take part a yoga session on the same time as two other cities Bali and Yogyakarta which managed to break the national record. In 2009, the country's top Islamic body in Indonesia are banned from practicing yoga that contains Hindu rituals like chanting, echoing concerns by some religious groups elsewhere about its effect on their faith. The decision in the world's most populous Muslim state follows similar edicts in Malaysia and Egypt as the ancient Indian exercise gained popularity worldwide in recent years.

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#593190

18 May 2015

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - May 17: Participants join a yoga session during a mass yoga exercise in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 17, 2015. More than thousands peoples take part a yoga session on the same time as two other cities Bali and Yogyakarta which managed to break the national record. In 2009, the country's top Islamic body in Indonesia are banned from practicing yoga that contains Hindu rituals like chanting, echoing concerns by some religious groups elsewhere about its effect on their faith. The decision in the world's most populous Muslim state follows similar edicts in Malaysia and Egypt as the ancient Indian exercise gained popularity worldwide in recent years.

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#593191

18 May 2015

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - May 17: Participants join a yoga session during a mass yoga exercise in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 17, 2015. More than thousands peoples take part a yoga session on the same time as two other cities Bali and Yogyakarta which managed to break the national record. In 2009, the country's top Islamic body in Indonesia are banned from practicing yoga that contains Hindu rituals like chanting, echoing concerns by some religious groups elsewhere about its effect on their faith. The decision in the world's most populous Muslim state follows similar edicts in Malaysia and Egypt as the ancient Indian exercise gained popularity worldwide in recent years.

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#593192

18 May 2015

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - May 17: Participants join a yoga session during a mass yoga exercise in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 17, 2015. More than thousands peoples take part a yoga session on the same time as two other cities Bali and Yogyakarta which managed to break the national record. In 2009, the country's top Islamic body in Indonesia are banned from practicing yoga that contains Hindu rituals like chanting, echoing concerns by some religious groups elsewhere about its effect on their faith. The decision in the world's most populous Muslim state follows similar edicts in Malaysia and Egypt as the ancient Indian exercise gained popularity worldwide in recent years.

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#593194

18 May 2015

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - May 17: Participants join a yoga session during a mass yoga exercise in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 17, 2015. More than thousands peoples take part a yoga session on the same time as two other cities Bali and Yogyakarta which managed to break the national record. In 2009, the country's top Islamic body in Indonesia are banned from practicing yoga that contains Hindu rituals like chanting, echoing concerns by some religious groups elsewhere about its effect on their faith. The decision in the world's most populous Muslim state follows similar edicts in Malaysia and Egypt as the ancient Indian exercise gained popularity worldwide in recent years.

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#593196

18 May 2015

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - May 17: Participants join a yoga session during a mass yoga exercise in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 17, 2015. More than thousands peoples take part a yoga session on the same time as two other cities Bali and Yogyakarta which managed to break the national record. In 2009, the country's top Islamic body in Indonesia are banned from practicing yoga that contains Hindu rituals like chanting, echoing concerns by some religious groups elsewhere about its effect on their faith. The decision in the world's most populous Muslim state follows similar edicts in Malaysia and Egypt as the ancient Indian exercise gained popularity worldwide in recent years.

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#593198

18 May 2015

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - May 17: Participants join a yoga session during a mass yoga exercise in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 17, 2015. More than thousands peoples take part a yoga session on the same time as two other cities Bali and Yogyakarta which managed to break the national record. In 2009, the country's top Islamic body in Indonesia are banned from practicing yoga that contains Hindu rituals like chanting, echoing concerns by some religious groups elsewhere about its effect on their faith. The decision in the world's most populous Muslim state follows similar edicts in Malaysia and Egypt as the ancient Indian exercise gained popularity worldwide in recent years.

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