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22 Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 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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11 Oct 2025

The ruins of the Nissanka Latha Mandapaya serve as the recitation house for Buddhist chanting and are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, on October 10, 2025.

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12 Jun 2025

Traditional temple servitors and devotees are seen near the Shree Jagannath Temple as the deities--Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra, and Lord Jagannath--are displayed on the Snana Mandap during the ''Snana Purnima'' festival (bathing rituals) at the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, located about 65 km from Bhubaneswar, the capital of the eastern Indian state of Odisha.

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12 Jun 2025

Traditional temple servitors and devotees are seen near the Shree Jagannath Temple as the deities--Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra, and Lord Jagannath--are displayed on the Snana Mandap during the ''Snana Purnima'' festival (bathing rituals) at the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, located about 65 km from Bhubaneswar, the capital of the eastern Indian state of Odisha.

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12 Jun 2025

Traditional temple servitors and devotees are seen near the Shree Jagannath Temple as the deities--Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra, and Lord Jagannath--are displayed on the Snana Mandap during the ''Snana Purnima'' festival (bathing rituals) at the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, located about 65 km from Bhubaneswar, the capital of the eastern Indian state of Odisha.

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12 Jun 2025

Traditional temple servitors and devotees are seen near the Shree Jagannath Temple as the deities--Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra, and Lord Jagannath--are displayed on the Snana Mandap during the ''Snana Purnima'' festival (bathing rituals) at the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, located about 65 km from Bhubaneswar, the capital of the eastern Indian state of Odisha.

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12 Jun 2025

Traditional temple servitors and devotees are seen near the Shree Jagannath Temple as the deities--Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra, and Lord Jagannath--are displayed on the Snana Mandap during the ''Snana Purnima'' festival (bathing rituals) at the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, located about 65 km from Bhubaneswar, the capital of the eastern Indian state of Odisha.

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11 Oct 2024

Hindu devotees visit a Puja Mandap during the Durga Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 10, 2024.

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11 Oct 2024

Hindu devotees visit a Puja Mandap during the Durga Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 10, 2024.

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11 Oct 2024

A statue of the Hindu deity Shiva is illuminated at night during the Durga Puja religious festival near a Puja Mandap in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 10, 2024. The display is part of the ongoing Durga Puja celebrations.

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11 Oct 2024

A statue of the Hindu deity Shiva is illuminated at night during the Durga Puja religious festival near a Puja Mandap in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 10, 2024. The display is part of the ongoing Durga Puja celebrations.

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10 Oct 2024

Hindu devotees visit a puja mandap during the Durga Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 10, 2024.

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