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20 October 2025
Butter lamps, known as ''diyos,'' glow during Laxmi Puja celebrations in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025. A diyo is a traditional oil lamp, typically made of clay or metal, with a cotton wick soaked in oil or ghee. Lighting diyos is an integral part of the Tihar festival, symbolizing the victory of light over darkness as devotees worship Goddess Laxmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity.
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20 October 2025
Shopkeepers decorate the entrance of their stores with colorful rangolis and footprints of Goddess Laxmi while performing rituals to mark Laxmi Puja, the festival dedicated to the goddess of wealth and prosperity, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025. Traders and people across the city light lamps, offer prayers, and seek blessings for fortune and success in their businesses.
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20 October 2025
A colorful rangoli is seen at the entrance of a shop as part of Laxmi Puja celebrations in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025. The festival honors Goddess Laxmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity, with shopkeepers and residents decorating entrances with rangolis, lighting oil lamps, and offering prayers for fortune and success.
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20 October 2025
A colorful rangoli is seen at the entrance of a shop as part of Laxmi Puja celebrations in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025. The festival honors Goddess Laxmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity, with shopkeepers and residents decorating entrances with rangolis, lighting oil lamps, and offering prayers for fortune and success.
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20 October 2025
Shopkeepers perform rituals inside their shops, worshipping Goddess Laxmi, the deity of wealth and prosperity, during Laxmi Puja in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025. As part of the Tihar festival, business owners light oil lamps, make offerings, and pray for fortune, success, and good luck in their trade.
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20 October 2025
Shopkeepers decorate the entrance of their stores with colorful rangolis and footprints of Goddess Laxmi while performing rituals to mark Laxmi Puja, the festival dedicated to the goddess of wealth and prosperity, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025. Traders and people across the city light lamps, offer prayers, and seek blessings for fortune and success in their businesses.
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20 October 2025
Shopkeepers decorate the entrance of their stores with colorful rangolis and footprints of Goddess Laxmi while performing rituals to mark Laxmi Puja, the festival dedicated to the goddess of wealth and prosperity, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025. Traders and people across the city light lamps, offer prayers, and seek blessings for fortune and success in their businesses.
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20 October 2025
Shopkeepers perform rituals inside their shops, worshipping Goddess Laxmi, the deity of wealth and prosperity, during Laxmi Puja in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025. As part of the Tihar festival, business owners light oil lamps, make offerings, and pray for fortune, success, and good luck in their trade.
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20 October 2025
Shopkeepers perform rituals inside their shops, worshipping Goddess Laxmi, the deity of wealth and prosperity, during Laxmi Puja in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025. As part of the Tihar festival, business owners light oil lamps, make offerings, and pray for fortune, success, and good luck in their trade.
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20 October 2025
Shopkeepers decorate the entrance of their stores with colorful rangolis and footprints of Goddess Laxmi while performing rituals to mark Laxmi Puja, the festival dedicated to the goddess of wealth and prosperity, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025. Traders and people across the city light lamps, offer prayers, and seek blessings for fortune and success in their businesses.
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20 October 2025
Shopkeepers decorate the entrance of their stores with colorful rangolis and footprints of Goddess Laxmi while performing rituals to mark Laxmi Puja, the festival dedicated to the goddess of wealth and prosperity, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025. Traders and people across the city light lamps, offer prayers, and seek blessings for fortune and success in their businesses.
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20 October 2025
Shopkeepers decorate the entrance of their stores with colorful rangolis and footprints of Goddess Laxmi while performing rituals to mark Laxmi Puja, the festival dedicated to the goddess of wealth and prosperity, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025. Traders and people across the city light lamps, offer prayers, and seek blessings for fortune and success in their businesses.
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20 October 2025
Shopkeepers perform rituals inside their shops, worshipping Goddess Laxmi, the deity of wealth and prosperity, during Laxmi Puja in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025. As part of the Tihar festival, business owners light oil lamps, make offerings, and pray for fortune, success, and good luck in their trade.
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18 October 2025
A Nepali Hindu devotee offers butter-fed lamps under the decorated lights in the premises of a decked-up temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 17, 2025, as they prepare to celebrate Tihar or Diwali. During Tihar, people light up earthen lamps and candles in their homes for three days while performing Pooja of Goddess Laxmi. It is believed that Goddess Laxmi showers blessings on the houses that glow with lights throughout the night. Laxmi Pooja and the worship of the cow are performed on the same day because the goddess Laxmi emerges bearing a lotus along with a divine cow when the Devata (Gods) and Asuras (Demons) churn the ocean of milk (Ksheera Sagara), as stated in the Vishnu Purana. On the occasion of Laxmi Pooja, also known as Diwali, people in Nepal and India do not let any nook and corner of the house remain dark and light up lamps, candles, and lights, appealing to Goddess Laxmi to shower blessings on them. The Pooja is especially done by the ladies of the family in the presence of all the members, reciting the Sri Sukta hymn with the offering of coconut, which is believed to appease Goddess Laxmi.
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10 October 2025
Colors for rangoli designs, Bhai Tika, and earthen diyo pots for butter lamps are displayed for sale at Asan as locals prepare for the upcoming Tihar festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 10, 2025.
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10 October 2025
A shopkeeper manages earthen diyo pots arranged for sale at Asan as locals prepare for the upcoming festival of lights in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 10, 2025.
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