"sit and pray"

#12001949

31 January 2025

Indian Hindu devotees sit outside at a religious camp at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers, waiting for free meals during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on January 31, 2025.

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#12001950

31 January 2025

Indian Hindu devotees sit outside at a religious camp at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers, waiting for free meals during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on January 31, 2025.

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#12001951

31 January 2025

Indian Hindu devotees sit outside at a religious camp at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers, waiting for free meals during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on January 31, 2025.

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#12001952

31 January 2025

Indian Hindu devotees sit outside at a religious camp at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers, waiting for free meals during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on January 31, 2025.

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#12001953

31 January 2025

Indian Hindu devotees sit outside at a religious camp at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers, waiting for free meals during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on January 31, 2025.

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#12001954

31 January 2025

Indian Hindu devotees sit outside at a religious camp at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers, waiting for free meals during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on January 31, 2025.

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#12001955

31 January 2025

Indian Hindu devotees sit outside at a religious camp at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers, waiting for free meals during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on January 31, 2025.

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#12001956

31 January 2025

Indian Hindu devotees sit outside at a religious camp at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers, waiting for free meals during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on January 31, 2025.

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#12001960

31 January 2025

Indian Hindu devotees sit outside at a religious camp at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers, waiting for free meals during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on January 31, 2025.

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#12001961

31 January 2025

Indian Hindu devotees sit outside at a religious camp at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers, waiting for free meals during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on January 31, 2025.

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#12001962

31 January 2025

Indian Hindu devotees sit outside at a religious camp at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers, waiting for free meals during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on January 31, 2025.

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31 January 2025

Indian Hindu devotees sit outside at a religious camp at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers, waiting for free meals during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on January 31, 2025.

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#11986379

26 January 2025

Elderly Tibetan women sit and pray by the entrance to the Shedup Choephelling Buddhist Temple in Happy Valley, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India, on April 18, 2024. The Shedup Choephelling Temple, sometimes referred to as the Tibetan Buddhist Temple, is dedicated by the 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso), making it the first Tibetan shrine constructed in India. In 1959, when His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama escapes from Lhasa in Tibet and takes refuge in India, he stays in Happy Valley, Mussoorie, for one year before shifting to Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh due to security concerns. However, a large Tibetan population stays back and continues to flourish in Happy Valley. Happy Valley is home to 5,000 Tibetan refugees who escape Chinese rule in 1959. The Tibetan community in Mussoorie later converts the place where the 14th Dalai Lama resides into the Shedup Choephelling Buddhist Temple.

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#11976098

24 January 2025

Prayer items sit by a brass lamp at the Sree Kallely Oorali Appooppan Kavu in Kalleli, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India, on April 5, 2024. The Oorali Appooppan Kavu is an ancient temple located on the banks of the Achankovil River in Kalleli in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, India. The temple, the abode of the supreme power of nature, strictly adheres to centuries-old traditions of the indigenous Dravida-Naga tribes. The forest temple, open 24 hours, is located on the Achankovil-Konni-Sabarimala forest path. Oorali Appooppan is the lord of mountain gods, the protector of 999 mountains. It is believed that Appooppan is a gallant warrior who rules over Pandi Nadu (Tamil Nadu) and Kerala. Besides Oorali Appooppan, the presiding deity, Oorali Ammoomma, considered to be Appooppan's mother, is also present. Opposite these two main deities is Vadackancherry Valiyachan, believed to be the one who has seen Appooppan. Kaula (kari) Ganapati, a tantric aspect of Ganesha, demigod Kuttichathan, and Harinarayana Thampuram, the embodiment of Lord Vishnu, are other sub-deities besides Valiyachan in the temple.

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#11966125

20 January 2025

Newly-initiated 'Naga Sadhus' (Hindu holy men and women) of 'Panchayati Akhara Shri Niranjani' sit as they perform rituals on the banks of the Ganges River during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on January 19, 2025. During every Kumbh Mela, the diksha, a ritual of initiation by a guru, takes place for new members.

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20 January 2025

Newly-initiated 'Naga Sadhus' (Hindu holy men and women) of 'Panchayati Akhara Shri Niranjani' sit as they perform rituals on the banks of the Ganges River during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on January 19, 2025. During every Kumbh Mela, the diksha, a ritual of initiation by a guru, takes place for new members.

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