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4 October 2024

A dancer performs the ''Durgotsab'' dance dressed as goddess Durga ahead of the Durga Puja festival inside the historic Victoria Memorial monument, built during British colonial rule, in front of a wooden Durga idol, in Kolkata, India, on October 4, 2024. The annual Durga Puja festival, which starts on October 9 and ends on October 13, is one of the most popular festivals for Hindus. In Hindu mythology, the Hindu goddess Durga symbolizes power and the triumph of good over evil.

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4 October 2024

A performer performs the ''Durgotsab'' dance dressed as goddess Durga ahead of the Durga Puja festival inside the historic Victoria Memorial monument, built during British colonial rule, in front of a wooden Durga idol, in Kolkata, India, on October 4, 2024. The annual Durga Puja festival, which starts on October 9 and ends on October 13, is one of the most popular festivals for Hindus. In Hindu mythology, the Hindu goddess Durga symbolizes power and the triumph of good over evil.

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4 October 2024

Dancers perform the ''Durgotsab'' dance dressed as goddess Durga and a demon ahead of the Durga Puja festival inside the historic Victoria Memorial monument, built during British colonial rule, in front of a wooden Durga idol, in Kolkata, India, on October 4, 2024. The annual Durga Puja festival, which starts on October 9 and ends on October 13, is one of the most popular festivals for Hindus. In Hindu mythology, the Hindu goddess Durga symbolizes power and the triumph of good over evil.

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4 October 2024

Dancers perform the ''Durgotsab'' dance dressed as goddess Durga and a demon ahead of the Durga Puja festival inside the historic Victoria Memorial monument, built during British colonial rule, in front of a wooden Durga idol, in Kolkata, India, on October 4, 2024. The annual Durga Puja festival, which starts on October 9 and ends on October 13, is one of the most popular festivals for Hindus. In Hindu mythology, the Hindu goddess Durga symbolizes power and the triumph of good over evil.

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28 July 2024

An idol of Nandi is standing outside the Chenkal Maheswaram Sri Sivaparvathi Temple in Chenkal, Kerala, India, on April 10, 2024. The World's Tallest Shiva Lingam is located at Chenkal Maheswaram Sri Sivaparvathi Temple and is measuring a record height of 111.2 feet, making an entry into the India Book of Records for being the tallest Shiva Lingam in the world. Construction of the Shiva Lingam is beginning in 2012, reaching a height equivalent to that of a 10-story building, and taking 6 years to complete. Water, sand, and soil from various holy places like Kashi, Gangotri, Rishikesh, Rameswaram, Danushkodi, Badrinath, Gomukh, and Kailash are also being mixed with the construction materials. Hence, the Shiva Lingam of Chenkal Maheswaram Sri Sivaparvathi Temple is said to be a divine structure.

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24 January 2023

Golden statue of the thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) Bodhisattva in Markham, Ontario, Canada.

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12 January 2023

Large golden Laughing Buddha during the Spring Festival (Chinese Lunar New Year of the Horse) in Markham, Ontario, Canada.

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28 November 2022

Large wooden sculpture of a Laughing Buddha inside a Chinese Buddhist monastery in Ontario, Canada.

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28 November 2022

Large wooden sculpture of a Laughing Buddha inside a Chinese Buddhist monastery in Ontario, Canada.

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25 September 2021

Sacred items and statues adorn the shrine in the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist Temple in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.

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23 September 2021

Two large statues of Lord Buddha rest along the roadside before being transported to a local monastery where they will be installed in the Kirtipur Village in Nepal.

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14 July 2021

Temple priests and Hindu devotees carry an idol of Lord Jagannath as a symbolic gesture after the Rath Yatra procession was cancelled amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Kolkata, India on July 12, 2021. According to mythology, the Ratha Yatra dates back some 5,000 years when Hindu god Krishna, along with his older brother Balaram and sister Subhadra, were pulled on a chariot from Kurukshetra to Vrindavana by Krishna's devotees.

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12 July 2021

Temple priests and Hindu devotees carry an idol of Lord Jagannath as a symbolic gesture after the Rath Yatra procession was cancelled amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Kolkata, India on July 12, 2021. According to mythology, the Ratha Yatra dates back some 5,000 years when Hindu god Krishna, along with his older brother Balaram and sister Subhadra, were pulled on a chariot from Kurukshetra to Vrindavana by Krishna's devotees.

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12 July 2021

Temple priests and Hindu devotees carry an idol of Lord Jagannath as a symbolic gesture after the Rath Yatra procession was cancelled amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Kolkata, India on July 12, 2021. According to mythology, the Ratha Yatra dates back some 5,000 years when Hindu god Krishna, along with his older brother Balaram and sister Subhadra, were pulled on a chariot from Kurukshetra to Vrindavana by Krishna's devotees.

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12 July 2021

Temple priests and Hindu devotees carry an idol of Lord Jagannath as a symbolic gesture after the Rath Yatra procession was cancelled amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Kolkata, India on July 12, 2021. According to mythology, the Ratha Yatra dates back some 5,000 years when Hindu god Krishna, along with his older brother Balaram and sister Subhadra, were pulled on a chariot from Kurukshetra to Vrindavana by Krishna's devotees.

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12 July 2021

Temple priests and Hindu devotees carry an idol of Lord Jagannath as a symbolic gesture after the Rath Yatra procession was cancelled amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Kolkata, India on July 12, 2021. According to mythology, the Ratha Yatra dates back some 5,000 years when Hindu god Krishna, along with his older brother Balaram and sister Subhadra, were pulled on a chariot from Kurukshetra to Vrindavana by Krishna's devotees.

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