"temple completion"

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1 June 2025

The idol of Lord Rato Machhindranath is installed in a newly built temple in Bungmati, Lalitpur, Nepal, on June 1, 2025, after completing the Bhoto Jatra procession. The chariot procession of Rato Machhindranath is observed for at least a month to four months and ends with the showing of the 'Bhoto,' expecting the rightful owner to come and claim it. Historians claim that the chariot procession of Machhindranath started around 1,300 years ago. According to legend, shortly after the procession starts, the queen of the serpent king Karkotak develops an eye ailment. While searching for a healer, Karkotak mistakes a farmer working in the fields for a physician and brings him to Taudaha, a wetland on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Frightened, the farmer prays to Machhindranath and rubs his hands on the soil to make an herbal paste. He offers it to Karkotak as medicine, and the paste cures the queen's eyes. Grateful, Karkotak rewards the farmer with a jewel-studded vest (bhoto) and returns him to the human world. The farmer begins wearing the bhoto while working in his fields. One day, a ghost in human form steals the vest. The farmer searches everywhere but cannot find it. Later, while attending the Machhindranath chariot festival, he sees the ghost wearing the same vest and claims it as his. When the ghost refuses to return it, a dispute breaks out. People summon Karkotak to resolve the conflict. In the end, because neither party can prove ownership, they entrust the bhoto to Machhindranath. Since then, devotees follow the tradition of displaying the bhoto after the chariot procession, hoping that someone with valid proof of ownership will come forward. Each year, they display the sacred vest on an auspicious date. According to legend, no one has succeeded in proving ownership of the bhoto so far.

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27 October 2024

Work continues on the tower of Jesus Christ of the Sagrada Familia, which, when completed, makes the temple the tallest in the world at 172.5 meters high, surpassing the Ulmer Munster church in the German city of Ulm, in Barcelona, Spain, on October 25, 2024.

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27 October 2024

Work continues on the tower of Jesus Christ of the Sagrada Familia, which, when completed, makes the temple the tallest in the world at 172.5 meters high, surpassing the Ulmer Munster church in the German city of Ulm, in Barcelona, Spain, on October 25, 2024.

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27 October 2024

Work continues on the tower of Jesus Christ of the Sagrada Familia, which, when completed, makes the temple the tallest in the world at 172.5 meters high, surpassing the Ulmer Munster church in the German city of Ulm, in Barcelona, Spain, on October 25, 2024.

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27 October 2024

Work continues on the tower of Jesus Christ of the Sagrada Familia, which, when completed, makes the temple the tallest in the world at 172.5 meters high, surpassing the Ulmer Munster church in the German city of Ulm, in Barcelona, Spain, on October 25, 2024.

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27 October 2024

Work continues on the tower of Jesus Christ of the Sagrada Familia, which, when completed, makes the temple the tallest in the world at 172.5 meters high, surpassing the Ulmer Munster church in the German city of Ulm, in Barcelona, Spain, on October 25, 2024.

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27 October 2024

Work continues on the tower of Jesus Christ of the Sagrada Familia, which, when completed, makes the temple the tallest in the world at 172.5 meters high, surpassing the Ulmer Munster church in the German city of Ulm, in Barcelona, Spain, on October 25, 2024.

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27 October 2024

Work continues on the tower of Jesus Christ of the Sagrada Familia, which, when completed, makes the temple the tallest in the world at 172.5 meters high, surpassing the Ulmer Munster church in the German city of Ulm, in Barcelona, Spain, on October 25, 2024.

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27 October 2024

Work continues on the tower of Jesus Christ of the Sagrada Familia, which, when completed, makes the temple the tallest in the world at 172.5 meters high, surpassing the Ulmer Munster church in the German city of Ulm, in Barcelona, Spain, on October 25, 2024.

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27 October 2024

Work continues on the tower of Jesus Christ of the Sagrada Familia, which, when completed, makes the temple the tallest in the world at 172.5 meters high, surpassing the Ulmer Munster church in the German city of Ulm, in Barcelona, Spain, on October 25, 2024.

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27 October 2024

Work continues on the tower of Jesus Christ of the Sagrada Familia, which, when completed, makes the temple the tallest in the world at 172.5 meters high, surpassing the Ulmer Munster church in the German city of Ulm, in Barcelona, Spain, on October 25, 2024.

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27 October 2024

Work continues on the tower of Jesus Christ of the Sagrada Familia, which, when completed, makes the temple the tallest in the world at 172.5 meters high, surpassing the Ulmer Munster church in the German city of Ulm, in Barcelona, Spain, on October 25, 2024.

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27 October 2024

Work continues on the tower of Jesus Christ of the Sagrada Familia, which, when completed, makes the temple the tallest in the world at 172.5 meters high, surpassing the Ulmer Munster church in the German city of Ulm, in Barcelona, Spain, on October 25, 2024.

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27 October 2024

Work continues on the tower of Jesus Christ of the Sagrada Familia, which, when completed, makes the temple the tallest in the world at 172.5 meters high, surpassing the Ulmer Munster church in the German city of Ulm, in Barcelona, Spain, on October 25, 2024.

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27 October 2024

Work continues on the tower of Jesus Christ of the Sagrada Familia, which, when completed, makes the temple the tallest in the world at 172.5 meters high, surpassing the Ulmer Munster church in the German city of Ulm, in Barcelona, Spain, on October 25, 2024.

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27 October 2024

Work continues on the tower of Jesus Christ of the Sagrada Familia, which, when completed, makes the temple the tallest in the world at 172.5 meters high, surpassing the Ulmer Munster church in the German city of Ulm, in Barcelona, Spain, on October 25, 2024.

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