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7 December 2025

Hindu devotees attend a massive Bhagavad Gita chanting event at Kolkata's iconic Brigade Parade Ground, an unprecedented spiritual congregation in West Bengal. Multiple ashrams and organizations set up three grand stages as participants aim to set a record with the collective recitation of the Gita's hymns. The event turns into a display of devotion, spirituality, and mass mobilization in Kolkata, India, on December 7, 2025.

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7 December 2025

Hindu devotees attend a massive Bhagavad Gita chanting event at Kolkata's iconic Brigade Parade Ground, an unprecedented spiritual congregation in West Bengal. Multiple ashrams and organizations set up three grand stages as participants aim to set a record with the collective recitation of the Gita's hymns. The event turns into a display of devotion, spirituality, and mass mobilization in Kolkata, India, on December 7, 2025.

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7 December 2025

Lakhs of devotees gather at Kolkata's iconic Brigade Parade Ground for a massive Bhagavad Gita chanting event, an unprecedented spiritual congregation in West Bengal. Multiple ashrams and organizations set up three grand stages, as participants aim to set a record with the collective recitation of the Gita's hymns. The event turns into a display of devotion, spirituality, and mass mobilization in Kolkata, India, on December 7, 2025.

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7 December 2025

Lakhs of devotees gather at Kolkata's iconic Brigade Parade Ground for a massive Bhagavad Gita chanting event, an unprecedented spiritual congregation in West Bengal. Multiple ashrams and organizations set up three grand stages, as participants aim to set a record with the collective recitation of the Gita's hymns. The event turns into a display of devotion, spirituality, and mass mobilization in Kolkata, India, on December 7, 2025.

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7 December 2025

A Hindu holy man (sadhu) attends a mass Bhagavad Gita chanting event as lakhs of devotees gather at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata, India, on December 7, 2025. Multiple ashrams and organizations set up stages as participants take part in the collective recitation of hymns in an attempt to set a record.

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7 December 2025

Lakhs of devotees gather at Kolkata's iconic Brigade Parade Ground for a massive Bhagavad Gita chanting event, an unprecedented spiritual congregation in West Bengal. Multiple ashrams and organizations set up three grand stages, as participants aim to set a record with the collective recitation of the Gita's hymns. The event turns into a display of devotion, spirituality, and mass mobilization in Kolkata, India, on December 7, 2025.

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7 December 2025

Lakhs of devotees gather at Kolkata's iconic Brigade Parade Ground for a massive Bhagavad Gita chanting event, an unprecedented spiritual congregation in West Bengal. Multiple ashrams and organizations set up three grand stages, as participants aim to set a record with the collective recitation of the Gita's hymns. The event turns into a display of devotion, spirituality, and mass mobilization in Kolkata, India, on December 7, 2025.

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7 December 2025

Lakhs of devotees gather at Kolkata's iconic Brigade Parade Ground for a massive Bhagavad Gita chanting event, an unprecedented spiritual congregation in West Bengal. Multiple ashrams and organizations set up three grand stages, as participants aim to set a record with the collective recitation of the Gita's hymns. The event turns into a display of devotion, spirituality, and mass mobilization in Kolkata, India, on December 7, 2025.

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7 December 2025

Lakhs of devotees gather at Kolkata's iconic Brigade Parade Ground for a massive Bhagavad Gita chanting event, an unprecedented spiritual congregation in West Bengal. Multiple ashrams and organizations set up three grand stages, as participants aim to set a record with the collective recitation of the Gita's hymns. The event turns into a display of devotion, spirituality, and mass mobilization in Kolkata, India, on December 7, 2025.

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7 December 2025

A Hindu holy man (sadhu) attends a mass Bhagavad Gita chanting event as lakhs of devotees gather at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata, India, on December 7, 2025. Multiple ashrams and organizations set up stages as participants take part in the collective recitation of hymns in an attempt to set a record.

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7 December 2025

Lakhs of devotees gather at Kolkata's iconic Brigade Parade Ground for a massive Bhagavad Gita chanting event, an unprecedented spiritual congregation in West Bengal. Multiple ashrams and organizations set up three grand stages, as participants aim to set a record with the collective recitation of the Gita's hymns. The event turns into a display of devotion, spirituality, and mass mobilization in Kolkata, India, on December 7, 2025.

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6 December 2025

TALLINN,ESTONIA – DECEMBER 6, 2025: Santa named Affy performs on stage during Saint Nicholas’ Day celebrations at the Market Square in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 6, 2025. Although St. Nicholas’ Day is observed in Estonia, it plays a modest role compared to Christmas Eve, when Jouluvana, the Estonian Santa, traditionally visits homes and children recite poems or sing songs to receive gifts.

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11 October 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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21 September 2025

Devotees perform rituals of Mahalaya at a Ganges riverside in Kolkata, India, on September 21, 2025. On Mahalaya, devotees across Bengal and beyond offer prayers at dawn with the recitation of the Chandi Path, marking the arrival of Goddess Durga on earth. Considered the day when the pitru paksha ends and the devipaksha begins in Hindu tradition, Mahalaya holds deep scriptural significance as it symbolizes the triumph of good over evil and heralds the Durga Puja festivities. Hindus believe that if they offer prayers at dawn on Mahalaya for their forefathers, the souls of their ancestors attain moksha and bless them with good fortune.

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21 September 2025

Devotees perform rituals of Mahalaya at a Ganges riverside in Kolkata, India, on September 21, 2025. On Mahalaya, devotees across Bengal and beyond offer prayers at dawn with the recitation of the Chandi Path, marking the arrival of Goddess Durga on earth. Considered the day when the pitru paksha ends and the devipaksha begins in Hindu tradition, Mahalaya holds deep scriptural significance as it symbolizes the triumph of good over evil and heralds the Durga Puja festivities. Hindus believe that if they offer prayers at dawn on Mahalaya for their forefathers, the souls of their ancestors attain moksha and bless them with good fortune.

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21 September 2025

Devotees perform rituals of Mahalaya at a Ganges riverside in Kolkata, India, on September 21, 2025. On Mahalaya, devotees across Bengal and beyond offer prayers at dawn with the recitation of the Chandi Path, marking the arrival of Goddess Durga on earth. Considered the day when the pitru paksha ends and the devipaksha begins in Hindu tradition, Mahalaya holds deep scriptural significance as it symbolizes the triumph of good over evil and heralds the Durga Puja festivities. Hindus believe that if they offer prayers at dawn on Mahalaya for their forefathers, the souls of their ancestors attain moksha and bless them with good fortune.

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