"Rudraksh"

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9 January 2026

Veteran Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt (in black goggles and a garland of Rudrakshya) exits from the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 9, 2026, after offering prayers. Dutt performs special rituals at the temple. He arrives in Kathmandu from Dubai a day earlier aboard a private jet. During his two-day visit to Nepal, Dutt inaugurates the Badshah Casino, recently brought into operation by Hotel Barahi. Following his arrival in Kathmandu, several Nepali artists take photographs with the Bollywood star.

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9 January 2026

Veteran Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt (in black goggles and a garland of Rudrakshya) exits from the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 9, 2026, after offering prayers. Dutt performs special rituals at the temple. He arrives in Kathmandu from Dubai a day earlier aboard a private jet. During his two-day visit to Nepal, Dutt inaugurates the Badshah Casino, recently brought into operation by Hotel Barahi. Following his arrival in Kathmandu, several Nepali artists take photographs with the Bollywood star.

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9 January 2026

Veteran Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt (in black goggles and a garland of Rudrakshya) exits from the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 9, 2026, after offering prayers. Dutt performs special rituals at the temple. He arrives in Kathmandu from Dubai a day earlier aboard a private jet. During his two-day visit to Nepal, Dutt inaugurates the Badshah Casino, recently brought into operation by Hotel Barahi. Following his arrival in Kathmandu, several Nepali artists take photographs with the Bollywood star.

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2 November 2024

Rudraksh beads are for sale at a shop in the Chalai market in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, on April 13, 2024. The Chalai Market is Kerala's oldest market and is believed to have existed since the 14th Century. Rudraksha beads are the dried seeds of the fruit of the Elaeocarpus ganitrus tree. The seeds are associated with the Hindu deity Shiva

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18 July 2024

Rudraksh beads are being sold at a shop outside the Neem Karori Baba Kainchi Dham Ashram near Nainital in Kainchi, Uttarakhand, India, on April 20, 2024. Each year on June 15, the Kainchi Dham Bhandara is taking place to commemorate the inauguration of the temple, a celebration that is typically receiving over 100,000 devotees.

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23 April 2022

Rudraksh malas for sale at the religious market near Pashpatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. Rudraksh malas traditionally consist of 108 beads per strand and are used for repetitive prayer in Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism. The seeds are used medicinally to treat various diseases in traditional Indian medicine.

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7 November 2021

Rudraksh malas for sale at the religious market near Pashpatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. Rudraksh malas traditionally consist of 108 beads per strand.The Rudraksh malas are used for repetative prayer. The seeds are used medicinally to treat various diseases in Indian medicine.

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15 November 2019

A local monk with natural Rudraksha wood Mala prayer beads seen on the terrasse of Putuo Temple. On Friday, October 20, 2019, in Nongla Scenic Area, Mashan County, Guangxi Region, China.

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18 December 2017

Silver necklace with rudraksh (rudraksha) beads to be used in prayers during the Theertham Thiruvizha Festival at a Tamil Hindu Temple in Ontario, Canada. As part of the prayers during this festival Tamil Hindu priests perform a homa (homam) sacred fire ceremony. During the homa religious offerings are cast into fire. At the conclusion of the homa a small idol of Lord Ganesh is placed on the head of one of the Hindu priests who carries it to the inner sanctum of the temple. This festival takes place on the 15th day of the Ganesh Festival, the day after the extravagant chariot procession.

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26 February 2017

Idol of Lord Ganesh covered in rudraksh beads by a large Shiva-Lingam during the Maha Shivaratri Festival at a Tamil Hindu temple in Ontario, Canada, on February 24, 2017. Maha Shivaratri which means 'the Great Night of Lord Shiva', is an occasion where Hindu devotees keep awake all-night and offer all-night prayers at temples devoted to Lord Shiva.

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