"Vedic customs"

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17 October 2025

Students of a Hindu religious school, Shri Narottamanand Giri Ved Vidyalaya, light earthen lamps outside a temple on the eve of the Dhanteras festival in Prayagraj, India, on October 17, 2025.

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21 September 2025

Hindu devotees gather and perform rituals on the occasion of Mahalaya, also known as Pitru Paksha, an auspicious day to pay homage to ancestors in Mumbai, India, on September 21, 2025.

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21 September 2025

Hindu devotees gather and perform rituals on the occasion of Mahalaya, also known as Pitru Paksha, an auspicious day to pay homage to ancestors in Mumbai, India, on September 21, 2025.

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21 September 2025

Hindu devotees gather and perform rituals on the occasion of Mahalaya, also known as Pitru Paksha, an auspicious day to pay homage to ancestors in Mumbai, India, on September 21, 2025.

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21 September 2025

Hindu devotees gather and perform rituals on the occasion of Mahalaya, also known as Pitru Paksha, an auspicious day to pay homage to ancestors in Mumbai, India, on September 21, 2025.

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21 September 2025

Hindu devotees gather and perform rituals on the occasion of Mahalaya, also known as Pitru Paksha, an auspicious day to pay homage to ancestors in Mumbai, India, on September 21, 2025.

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21 September 2025

Hindu devotees gather and perform rituals on the occasion of Mahalaya, also known as Pitru Paksha, an auspicious day to pay homage to ancestors in Mumbai, India, on September 21, 2025.

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#12623556

7 August 2025

A Nepali customer checks Rakhi at a local marketplace in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 7, 2025, ahead of the festival of Janai Purnima, also known as the festival of threads. The festival of Janai Purnima is observed annually on Shrawan Shukla Purnima. Celebrated nationwide, these events feature the wearing of the Janai (sacred thread), Rakshabandhan, and Raakhi. Hundreds of adherents of Vedic Sanatan Dharma throng sacred rivers, take dips, and tie the Rakshasutra (sacred thread) with the guidance of their Guru. Brahmin priests, adhering to the Vedic traditions, perform chants, penance, and worship while tying the Rakshasutra on the right wrist of the devotee. It is a widely held belief that wearing the Janai and Rakshasutra, properly chanted and blessed by the priest, offers protection from negative influences.

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#12623558

7 August 2025

A Nepali customer buys bundles of sacred thread ''Janai'' from a local marketplace in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 7, 2025, ahead of the festival of Janai Purnima, also known as the festival of threads. The festival of Janai Purnima is observed annually on Shrawan Shukla Purnima. Celebrated nationwide, these events feature the wearing of the Janai (sacred thread), Rakshabandhan, and Raakhi. Hundreds of adherents of Vedic Sanatan Dharma throng sacred rivers, taking dips and tying the Rakshasutra (sacred thread) with the guidance of their Guru. Brahmin priests, adhering to the Vedic traditions, perform chants, penance, and worship while tying the Rakshasutra on the right wrist of the devotee. It is a widely held belief that wearing the Janai and Rakshasutra, properly chanted and blessed by the priest, offers protection from negative influences.

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#12623561

7 August 2025

A Nepali customer buys bundles of sacred thread ''Janai'' from a local marketplace in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 7, 2025, ahead of the festival of Janai Purnima, also known as the festival of threads. The festival of Janai Purnima is observed annually on Shrawan Shukla Purnima. Celebrated nationwide, these events feature the wearing of the Janai (sacred thread), Rakshabandhan, and Raakhi. Hundreds of adherents of Vedic Sanatan Dharma throng sacred rivers, taking dips and tying the Rakshasutra (sacred thread) with the guidance of their Guru. Brahmin priests, adhering to the Vedic traditions, perform chants, penance, and worship while tying the Rakshasutra on the right wrist of the devotee. It is a widely held belief that wearing the Janai and Rakshasutra, properly chanted and blessed by the priest, offers protection from negative influences.

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#12623562

7 August 2025

A Nepali customer checks Rakhi at a local marketplace in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 7, 2025, ahead of the festival of Janai Purnima, also known as the festival of threads. The festival of Janai Purnima is observed annually on Shrawan Shukla Purnima. Celebrated nationwide, these events feature the wearing of the Janai (sacred thread), Rakshabandhan, and Raakhi. Hundreds of adherents of Vedic Sanatan Dharma throng sacred rivers, take dips, and tie the Rakshasutra (sacred thread) with the guidance of their Guru. Brahmin priests, adhering to the Vedic traditions, perform chants, penance, and worship while tying the Rakshasutra on the right wrist of the devotee. It is a widely held belief that wearing the Janai and Rakshasutra, properly chanted and blessed by the priest, offers protection from negative influences.

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#12623557

7 August 2025

A Nepali shopkeeper waits for customers at a local shop in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 7, 2025, ahead of the festival of Janai Purnima, also known as the festival of threads. The festival of Janai Purnima is observed annually on Shrawan Shukla Purnima. Celebrated nationwide, these events feature the wearing of the Janai (sacred thread), Rakshabandhan, and Raakhi. Hundreds of adherents of Vedic Sanatan Dharma throng sacred rivers, take dips, and tie the Rakshasutra (sacred thread) with the guidance of their Guru. Brahmin priests, adhering to the Vedic traditions, perform chants, penance, and worship while tying the Rakshasutra on the right wrist of the devotee. It is a widely held belief that wearing the Janai and Rakshasutra, properly chanted and blessed by the priest, offers protection from negative influences.

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10 December 2023

People are performing a havan, a fire ritual, and offering ghee and seeds to worship nature's mother inside a ground in Kolkata, India, on December 10, 2023.

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10 December 2023

People are performing a havan, a fire ritual, and offering ghee and seeds to worship nature's mother inside a ground in Kolkata, India, on December 10, 2023.

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#9531480

2 February 2023

There are many tribes in India which is about to become extinct in the very near future and people from those tribes will be merged with other civilized societies. Those tribal culture, lifestyle and their unique social customs will be disappeared from the 21st century. Toto tribe is one of those tribes which is going to be extinct in upcoming years. There is a locality named as ''TOTOPARA'' where the majority of tribe people live who belong to the Toto community. The total area of Totopara is nearly 8 square kilometres, in northern fringe of Jaldapara National Park (formerly Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary), one of the famous wildlife in Dooars and Southern area of the indo-Bhutan border line for the largest population of the Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros in West Bengal. Toto community people belong in the Indo-Bhutanese tribal community. It is a very primitive inheritance, considered as Mongoloid people. They have a flat nose, small eyes, broad and square cheeks, thick lips and black iris. According to 2013 census, the total numbers of people from Toto community is 1,346 who live in nearly 200 houses in Totopara. Toto tribe believes in joint family system as other Indian communities. In spite of being a tribe community, Toto community people have love marriage system. They don't accept divorse system. Toto people are very much conscious and conservative about their tribal identity, and marriage with other community people is not acceptable. In general four types of marriage are available in Toto community - marriage by negotiation (Thulbehoea), marriage by escape (Chor-behoea), marriage by capture (Sambehoea) and love marriage (Lamalami). In toto community, one can remarry after his or her spouse's death. A man can marry his deceased wife's sister but a woman must not marry her deceased husband's brother. Toto tribes define themselves as Hindus. Apart from the Vedic Gods the Totos have two main gods Ishpa and Cheima. Toto tribes believe that the god Ishpa live in the

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2 February 2023

There are many tribes in India which is about to become extinct in the very near future and people from those tribes will be merged with other civilized societies. Those tribal culture, lifestyle and their unique social customs will be disappeared from the 21st century. Toto tribe is one of those tribes which is going to be extinct in upcoming years. There is a locality named as ''TOTOPARA'' where the majority of tribe people live who belong to the Toto community. The total area of Totopara is nearly 8 square kilometres, in northern fringe of Jaldapara National Park (formerly Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary), one of the famous wildlife in Dooars and Southern area of the indo-Bhutan border line for the largest population of the Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros in West Bengal. Toto community people belong in the Indo-Bhutanese tribal community. It is a very primitive inheritance, considered as Mongoloid people. They have a flat nose, small eyes, broad and square cheeks, thick lips and black iris. According to 2013 census, the total numbers of people from Toto community is 1,346 who live in nearly 200 houses in Totopara. Toto tribe believes in joint family system as other Indian communities. In spite of being a tribe community, Toto community people have love marriage system. They don't accept divorse system. Toto people are very much conscious and conservative about their tribal identity, and marriage with other community people is not acceptable. In general four types of marriage are available in Toto community - marriage by negotiation (Thulbehoea), marriage by escape (Chor-behoea), marriage by capture (Sambehoea) and love marriage (Lamalami). In toto community, one can remarry after his or her spouse's death. A man can marry his deceased wife's sister but a woman must not marry her deceased husband's brother. Toto tribes define themselves as Hindus. Apart from the Vedic Gods the Totos have two main gods Ishpa and Cheima. Toto tribes believe that the god Ishpa live in the

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