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4 December 2025

A woman lights oil lamps at a temple ground during the Karthika Deepam festival in Kochi, India, on December 4, 2025.

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#13057020

4 December 2025

A woman lights oil lamps at a temple ground during the Karthika Deepam festival in Kochi, India, on December 4, 2025.

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#13057021

4 December 2025

A girl holds a child as they light an oil lamp at a temple ground during the Karthika Deepam festival in Kochi, India, on December 4, 2025

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#13057022

4 December 2025

A woman lights oil lamps at a temple ground during the Karthika Deepam festival in Kochi, India, on December 4, 2025.

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#13057023

4 December 2025

A woman lights oil lamps at a temple ground during the Karthika Deepam festival in Kochi, India, on December 4, 2025.

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#13057024

4 December 2025

A woman lights oil lamps at a temple ground during the Karthika Deepam festival in Kochi, India, on December 4, 2025.

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#13041226

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13041227

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13041228

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13041229

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13041230

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13041231

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13034492

28 November 2025

A sadhu walks on a floating pontoon bridge across the river Ganges for devotees ahead of the annual Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela in Prayagraj, India, on November 28, 2025.

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28 November 2025

A worker paints a pontoon with saffron color ahead of the annual Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela in Prayagraj, India, on November 28, 2025.

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28 November 2025

A worker paints a pontoon with saffron color ahead of the annual Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela in Prayagraj, India, on November 28, 2025.

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28 November 2025

A worker paints a pontoon with saffron color ahead of the annual Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela in Prayagraj, India, on November 28, 2025.

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