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15 February 2026

People pour holy water and milk as part of a prayer offering to Lord Shiva on the occasion of Mahashivratri at a temple in Kolkata, India, on February 15, 2026.

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15 February 2026

People pour holy water and milk as part of a prayer offering to Lord Shiva on the occasion of Mahashivratri at a temple in Kolkata, India, on February 15, 2026.

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15 February 2026

People pour holy water and milk as part of a prayer offering to Lord Shiva on the occasion of Mahashivratri at a temple in Kolkata, India, on February 15, 2026.

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15 February 2026

People pour holy water and milk as part of a prayer offering to Lord Shiva on the occasion of Mahashivratri at a temple in Kolkata, India, on February 15, 2026.

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15 February 2026

People pour holy water and milk as part of a prayer offering to Lord Shiva on the occasion of Mahashivratri at a temple in Kolkata, India, on February 15, 2026.

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13 February 2026

A Hindu Sadhu rides a vintage car and attends the Tribeni Kumbha Mela during the Tribeni Kumbh Mela in Tribeni, in the Hooghly district of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, India, on February 13, 2026. The Tribeni Kumbh Mela, also known as the Tribeni Kumbho Mahotsav, is a revived historic Hindu festival observed in the month of Magh, often coinciding with Kumbha Sankranti.

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13 January 2026

Devotees take boat rides at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and Saraswati, during the ongoing one-month-long annual traditional fair Magh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on January 13, 2026.

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13 January 2026

Devotees take boat rides at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and Saraswati, during the ongoing one-month-long annual traditional fair Magh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on January 13, 2026.

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13 January 2026

Devotees take boat rides at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and Saraswati, during the ongoing one-month-long annual traditional fair Magh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on January 13, 2026.

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7 January 2026

Devotees take boat rides during sunset at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and Saraswati, during the ongoing one-month-long annual traditional fair Magh Mela festival, in Prayagraj, India, on January 7, 2026.

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5 January 2026

A young woman rides an electric scooter along a street near the Church of Saint Lazarus in the center of Larnaca, Cyprus, on November 6, 2023.

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1 January 2026

Priests paint the idol of Seto Machhindranath (L) and White Tara (R) at Janabahal (Kel Tole) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 1, 2026, in the days following the annual religious holy bath ritual. The painting work is part of preparations after the ritual cleansing, after which the deity is reinstalled at the temple through traditional rites. Seto Machhindranath, also revered as Avalokiteshwor or Karunamaya, is regarded as the god of rain and is worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists, who pray for timely rainfall to prevent drought during the rice cultivation season. The Seto Machhindranath jatra is scheduled to take place in the coming months.

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1 January 2026

A priest paints the idol of Seto Machhindranath at Janabahal (Kel Tole) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 1, 2026, in the days following the annual religious holy bath ritual. The painting work is part of preparations after the ritual cleansing, after which the deity is reinstalled at the temple through traditional rites. Seto Machhindranath, also revered as Avalokiteshwor or Karunamaya, is regarded as the god of rain and is worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists, who pray for timely rainfall to prevent drought during the rice cultivation season. The Seto Machhindranath jatra is scheduled to take place in the coming months.

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1 January 2026

Priests paint the idol of Seto Machhindranath and White Tara at Janabahal (Kel Tole) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 1, 2026, in the days following the annual religious holy bath ritual. The painting work is part of preparations after the ritual cleansing, after which the deity is reinstalled at the temple through traditional rites. Seto Machhindranath, also revered as Avalokiteshwor or Karunamaya, is regarded as the god of rain and is worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists, who pray for timely rainfall to prevent drought during the rice cultivation season. The Seto Machhindranath jatra is scheduled to take place in the coming months.

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1 January 2026

A priest paints the idol of Seto Machhindranath at Janabahal (Kel Tole) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 1, 2026, in the days following the annual religious holy bath ritual. The painting work is part of preparations after the ritual cleansing, after which the deity is reinstalled at the temple through traditional rites. Seto Machhindranath, also revered as Avalokiteshwor or Karunamaya, is regarded as the god of rain and is worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists, who pray for timely rainfall to prevent drought during the rice cultivation season. The Seto Machhindranath jatra is scheduled to take place in the coming months.

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1 January 2026

A priest paints the idol of Seto Machhindranath at Janabahal (Kel Tole) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 1, 2026, in the days following the annual religious holy bath ritual. The painting work is part of preparations after the ritual cleansing, after which the deity is reinstalled at the temple through traditional rites. Seto Machhindranath, also revered as Avalokiteshwor or Karunamaya, is regarded as the god of rain and is worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists, who pray for timely rainfall to prevent drought during the rice cultivation season. The Seto Machhindranath jatra is scheduled to take place in the coming months.

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