"Hinduism in Nepal"

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26 October 2025

Workers clean and decorate the Gaurighat riverbank in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 26, 2025, ahead of the Chhath festival, an annual celebration dedicated to the Sun God, during which devotees offer prayers to the setting and rising sun.

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26 October 2025

Workers clean and decorate the Gaurighat riverbank in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 26, 2025, ahead of the Chhath festival, an annual celebration dedicated to the Sun God, during which devotees offer prayers to the setting and rising sun.

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26 October 2025

Workers clean and decorate the Gaurighat riverbank in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 26, 2025, ahead of the Chhath festival, an annual celebration dedicated to the Sun God, during which devotees offer prayers to the setting and rising sun.

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26 October 2025

Workers clean and decorate the Gaurighat riverbank in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 26, 2025, ahead of the Chhath festival, an annual celebration dedicated to the Sun God, during which devotees offer prayers to the setting and rising sun.

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26 October 2025

Workers clean and decorate the Gaurighat riverbank in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 26, 2025, ahead of the Chhath festival, an annual celebration dedicated to the Sun God, during which devotees offer prayers to the setting and rising sun.

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13 October 2025

Workers restore old brass idols of Goddess Kali at a workshop in Kolkata, India, on October 12, 2025, ahead of the Kali Puja festival celebration in the city.

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2 October 2025

Newly appointed Royal Living Goddess Kumari Aryatara Shakya appears for the first time in public after her official enthronement at the historic Kumari Ghar in Hanumandhoka, before being taken for ritual worship at Taleju Temple in Hanumandhoka, Nepal, on October 1, 2025.

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2 October 2025

Newly appointed Royal Living Goddess Kumari Aryatara Shakya appears for the first time in public after her official enthronement at the historic Kumari Ghar in Hanumandhoka, before being taken for ritual worship at Taleju Temple in Hanumandhoka, Nepal, on October 1, 2025.

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2 October 2025

Newly appointed Royal Living Goddess Kumari Aryatara Shakya appears for the first time in public after her official enthronement at the historic Kumari Ghar in Hanumandhoka, before being taken for ritual worship at Taleju Temple in Hanumandhoka, Nepal, on October 1, 2025.

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2 October 2025

Newly appointed Royal Living Goddess Kumari Aryatara Shakya appears for the first time in public after her official enthronement at the historic Kumari Ghar in Hanumandhoka, before being taken for ritual worship at Taleju Temple in Hanumandhoka, Nepal, on October 1, 2025.

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2 October 2025

Newly appointed Royal Living Goddess Kumari Aryatara Shakya appears for the first time in public after her official enthronement at the historic Kumari Ghar in Hanumandhoka, Nepal, on October 1, 2025, before being taken for ritual worship at Taleju Temple.

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2 October 2025

The idol of Lord Ganesh is carried on a palanquin from the Kumari House to the Taleju Temple on Nawami, marking Dashain festivities in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 1, 2025.

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1 October 2025

GRAPHIC CONTENT: Nepalese Army personnel sacrifice a goat as an offering to the Gods and Goddesses during Maha Nawami, the ninth day of the Dashain festival, at Kathmandu Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 1, 2025. Dashain, Nepal's longest and most important Hindu festival, symbolizes the victory of good over evil. On Maha Nawami, animals such as goats, ducks, roosters, and buffaloes are ritually sacrificed at temples dedicated to the goddesses, while some devotees offer fruits and vegetables as symbolic substitutes.

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1 October 2025

GRAPHIC CONTENT: Nepalese Army personnel sacrifice a goat as an offering to the Gods and Goddesses during Maha Nawami, the ninth day of the Dashain festival, at Kathmandu Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 1, 2025. Dashain, Nepal's longest and most important Hindu festival, symbolizes the victory of good over evil. On Maha Nawami, animals such as goats, ducks, roosters, and buffaloes are ritually sacrificed at temples dedicated to the goddesses, while some devotees offer fruits and vegetables as symbolic substitutes.

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1 October 2025

GRAPHIC CONTENT: Nepalese Army personnel drag a sacrificed goat across Kathmandu Durbar Square during Maha Nawami in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 1, 2025, following age-old Hindu rituals performed by priests and the army.

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1 October 2025

GRAPHIC CONTENT: Nepalese Army personnel sacrifice a goat as an offering to the Gods and Goddesses during Maha Nawami, the ninth day of the Dashain festival, at Kathmandu Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 1, 2025. Dashain, Nepal's longest and most important Hindu festival, symbolizes the victory of good over evil. On Maha Nawami, animals such as goats, ducks, roosters, and buffaloes are ritually sacrificed at temples dedicated to the goddesses, while some devotees offer fruits and vegetables as symbolic substitutes.

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