"Colorful mandaps"

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22 October 2025

Colorful mandaps are prepared for the Mha Puja festival, a ritual of self-worship celebrated by the Newar community in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 22, 2025. Mha Puja, observed on the fourth day of the Tihar festival and the New Year according to the Nepal Sambat calendar, is performed to purify and empower the self, seeking prosperity, longevity, and spiritual well-being. During the ritual, each family member sits before an intricately made mandap -- a sacred design created on the floor using lentils, rice flour, flowers, and oil lamps -- symbolizing the soul and inner energy of the individual.

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22 October 2025

Colorful mandaps are prepared for the Mha Puja festival, a ritual of self-worship celebrated by the Newar community in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 22, 2025. Mha Puja, observed on the fourth day of the Tihar festival and the New Year according to the Nepal Sambat calendar, is performed to purify and empower the self, seeking prosperity, longevity, and spiritual well-being. During the ritual, each family member sits before an intricately made mandap -- a sacred design created on the floor using lentils, rice flour, flowers, and oil lamps -- symbolizing the soul and inner energy of the individual.

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22 October 2025

Colorful mandaps are prepared for the Mha Puja festival, a ritual of self-worship celebrated by the Newar community in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 22, 2025. Mha Puja, observed on the fourth day of the Tihar festival and the New Year according to the Nepal Sambat calendar, is performed to purify and empower the self, seeking prosperity, longevity, and spiritual well-being. During the ritual, each family member sits before an intricately made mandap -- a sacred design created on the floor using lentils, rice flour, flowers, and oil lamps -- symbolizing the soul and inner energy of the individual.

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22 October 2025

Colorful mandaps are prepared for the Mha Puja festival, a ritual of self-worship celebrated by the Newar community in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 22, 2025. Mha Puja, observed on the fourth day of the Tihar festival and the New Year according to the Nepal Sambat calendar, is performed to purify and empower the self, seeking prosperity, longevity, and spiritual well-being. During the ritual, each family member sits before an intricately made mandap -- a sacred design created on the floor using lentils, rice flour, flowers, and oil lamps -- symbolizing the soul and inner energy of the individual.

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22 October 2025

A person prepares a colorful mandap for the Mha Puja festival, a ritual of self-worship celebrated by the Newar community in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 22, 2025. Mha Puja, observed on the fourth day of the Tihar festival and the New Year according to the Nepal Sambat calendar, is performed to purify and empower the self, seeking prosperity, longevity, and spiritual well-being. During the ritual, each family member sits before an intricately made mandap -- a sacred design created on the floor using lentils, rice flour, flowers, and oil lamps -- symbolizing the soul and inner energy of the individual.

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20 April 2020

Gold statues of the Hindu God Shiva and Goddess Parvati are part of the elaborate wedding decor at a marriage hall in Ontario, Canada.

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20 April 2020

Gold statues of the Hindu God Shiva and Goddess Parvati are part of the elaborate wedding decor at a marriage hall in Ontario, Canada.

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20 April 2020

Gold statues of the Hindu God Ganesh are part of the elaborate wedding decor at a marriage hall in Ontario, Canada.

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20 April 2020

Gold statue of the Hindu God Ganesh are part of the elaborate wedding decor at a marriage hall in Ontario, Canada.

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14 November 2015

A Sister offering puja towards mandap in front of Bhai Tika (Brother's Day) procession on the fifth and last day of Tihar is called Bhai Tika (Brother's Day) or Kija Puja (in Newari Language) at Nagaun, Kathmandu, Nepal on November 14, 2015. The Bhai Tika (Brother's Day) Festival marks their brothers to ensure long life and thank them for the protection they provide and it is the most important day of the Tihar (Diwali) festival.

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