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#12713962
4 September 2025
Nepalese devotees pull and erect a ceremonial pole, Yonshi or Indra Dhwaj, at Hanuman Dhoka on the first day of the eight-day Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2025. The Yonshi is cut from the Bhaktapur forest and is traditionally raised to commence the festival honoring Indra, the King of Heaven and Lord of Rains. The celebration, mainly observed by the Newar community, features mask dances such as Dee Pyakhan, Majipa Lakhey, Halchowk Akash Bhairab, Pulukishi, Mahakali Pyakhan, singing, and other religious rituals.
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#12713963
4 September 2025
Nepalese devotees pull and erect a ceremonial pole, Yonshi or Indra Dhwaj, at Hanuman Dhoka on the first day of the eight-day Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2025. The Yonshi is cut from the Bhaktapur forest and is traditionally raised to commence the festival honoring Indra, the King of Heaven and Lord of Rains. The celebration, mainly observed by the Newar community, features mask dances such as Dee Pyakhan, Majipa Lakhey, Halchowk Akash Bhairab, Pulukishi, Mahakali Pyakhan, singing, and other religious rituals.
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#12712953
4 September 2025
Masked dancers perform a ritualistic dance during the erection of a sacred pole locally called ''Ya:Shi,'' marking the formal start of Indra Jatra, a fair dedicated to the Hindu God of Rain, Lord Indra, in the premises of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Basantapur Durbar Square, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2025.
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4 September 2025
Masked dancers perform a ritualistic dance during the erection of a sacred pole locally called ''Ya:Shi,'' marking the formal start of Indra Jatra, a fair dedicated to the Hindu God of Rain, Lord Indra, in the premises of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Basantapur Durbar Square, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2025.
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#12712955
4 September 2025
Masked dancers perform a ritualistic dance during the erection of a sacred pole locally called ''Ya:Shi,'' marking the formal start of Indra Jatra, a fair dedicated to the Hindu God of Rain, Lord Indra, in the premises of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Basantapur Durbar Square, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2025.
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#12712956
4 September 2025
Masked dancers perform a ritualistic dance during the erection of a sacred pole locally called ''Ya:Shi,'' marking the formal start of Indra Jatra, a fair dedicated to the Hindu God of Rain, Lord Indra, in the premises of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Basantapur Durbar Square, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2025.
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4 September 2025
Masked dancers perform a ritualistic dance during the erection of a sacred pole locally called ''Ya:Shi,'' marking the formal start of Indra Jatra, a fair dedicated to the Hindu God of Rain, Lord Indra, in the premises of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Basantapur Durbar Square, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2025.
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4 September 2025
Masked dancers perform a ritualistic dance during the erection of a sacred pole locally called ''Ya:Shi,'' marking the formal start of Indra Jatra, a fair dedicated to the Hindu God of Rain, Lord Indra, in the premises of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Basantapur Durbar Square, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2025.
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4 September 2025
Masked dancers perform a ritualistic dance during the erection of a sacred pole locally called ''Ya:Shi,'' marking the formal start of Indra Jatra, a fair dedicated to the Hindu God of Rain, Lord Indra, in the premises of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Basantapur Durbar Square, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2025.
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4 September 2025
Masked dancers perform a ritualistic dance during the erection of a sacred pole locally called ''Ya:Shi,'' marking the formal start of Indra Jatra, a fair dedicated to the Hindu God of Rain, Lord Indra, in the premises of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Basantapur Durbar Square, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2025.
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4 September 2025
Masked dancers perform a ritualistic dance during the erection of a sacred pole locally called ''Ya:Shi,'' marking the formal start of Indra Jatra, a fair dedicated to the Hindu God of Rain, Lord Indra, in the premises of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Basantapur Durbar Square, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2025.
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4 September 2025
Masked dancers perform a ritualistic dance during the erection of a sacred pole locally called ''Ya:Shi,'' marking the formal start of Indra Jatra, a fair dedicated to the Hindu God of Rain, Lord Indra, in the premises of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Basantapur Durbar Square, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2025.
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#12712950
4 September 2025
Nepali Hindu devotees erect a sacred pole, locally called ''Ya:Shi,'' marking the formal start of Indra Jatra, a fair dedicated to the Hindu God of Rain, Lord Indra, in the premises of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Basantapur Durbar Square, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2025.
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#12712951
4 September 2025
Nepali Hindu devotees erect a sacred pole, locally called ''Ya:Shi,'' marking the formal start of Indra Jatra, a fair dedicated to the Hindu God of Rain, Lord Indra, in the premises of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Basantapur Durbar Square, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2025.
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4 September 2025
Nepali Hindu devotees erect a sacred pole, locally called ''Ya:Shi,'' marking the formal start of Indra Jatra, a fair dedicated to the Hindu God of Rain, Lord Indra, in the premises of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Basantapur Durbar Square, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2025.
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#12712946
4 September 2025
Nepali Hindu devotees play musical instruments as they erect a sacred pole locally called ''Ya:Shi,'' marking the formal start of Indra Jatra, a fair dedicated to the Hindu God of Rain, Lord Indra, in the premises of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Basantapur Durbar Square, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2025.
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