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#13203594

16 January 2026

Dancers perform traditional Mech, Rabha, and Nepali dance as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurates and lays the foundation stone of the proposed Mahakal Mahatirtha temple in the Matigara area on the outskirts of Siliguri, India, on January 16, 2026.

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16 January 2026

Dancers perform traditional Mech, Rabha, and Nepali dance as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurates and lays the foundation stone of the proposed Mahakal Mahatirtha temple in the Matigara area on the outskirts of Siliguri, India, on January 16, 2026.

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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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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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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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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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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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#12733720

9 September 2025

Scale models of Iran's Persepolis and Greece's Temple of the Parthenon are pictured in the Mini World Tourist Complex in Malayer, Iran, on September 7, 2025, at night. Mini World in Malayer, located in Hamedan Province, is a large-scale cultural and tourism project that showcases scale models of iconic landmarks from Iran and around the world. The park, built to promote tourism and cultural awareness, includes models of historic monuments such as Persepolis, the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, the Mausoleum of Hafez, the Veresk bridge, the Mausoleum of Omar Khayyam, Greece's Temple of the Parthenon, and the Egyptian pyramids.

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#12733682

9 September 2025

Scale models of Iran's Persepolis, Greece's Temple of the Parthenon, and Egyptian pyramids are pictured in the Mini World Tourist Complex in Malayer, Hamedan Province, Iran, on September 7, 2025. Mini World in Malayer, located in Hamedan Province, is a large-scale cultural and tourism project that showcases scale models of iconic landmarks from Iran and around the world. The park, built to promote tourism and cultural awareness, includes models of historic monuments such as Persepolis, the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, the Mausoleum of Hafez, the Veresk bridge, the Mausoleum of Omar Khayyam, Greece's Temple of the Parthenon, and Egyptian pyramids.

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#12733711

9 September 2025

General view of the scale models of Iran's Persepolis and Greece's Temple of the Parthenon in the Mini World Tourist Complex in Malayer, Iran, on September 7, 2025, at sunset. Mini World in Malayer, located in Hamedan Province, is a large-scale cultural and tourism project that showcases scale models of iconic landmarks from Iran and around the world. The park, built to promote tourism and cultural awareness, includes models of historic monuments such as Persepolis, the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, the Mausoleum of Hafez, the Veresk bridge, the Mausoleum of Omar Khayyam, Greece's Temple of the Parthenon, and the Egyptian pyramids.

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9 September 2025

Scale models of Iran's Persepolis, Greece's Temple of the Parthenon, and Egyptian pyramids are pictured in the Mini World Tourist Complex in Malayer, Iran, on September 7, 2025, at night. Mini World in Malayer, located in Hamedan Province, is a large-scale cultural and tourism project that showcases scale models of iconic landmarks from Iran and around the world. The park, built to promote tourism and cultural awareness, includes models of historic monuments such as Persepolis, the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, the Mausoleum of Hafez, the Veresk bridge, the Mausoleum of Omar Khayyam, Greece's Temple of the Parthenon, and Egyptian pyramids.

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#12733684

9 September 2025

A view of Mini World Tourist Complex in Malayer, Iran, on September 7, 2025, shows a large-scale cultural and tourism project that showcases scale models of iconic landmarks from Iran and around the world. The park, located in Hamedan Province, includes models of historic monuments such as Persepolis, the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, the Mausoleum of Hafez, the Veresk bridge, the Mausoleum of Omar Khayyam, Greece's Temple of the Parthenon, and the Egyptian pyramids.

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#12733681

9 September 2025

A female Iranian tourist stands in front of the scale model of Iran's Persepolis during her visit to the Mini World Tourist Complex in Malayer, Iran, on September 7, 2025. Mini World in Malayer, located in Hamedan Province, is a large-scale cultural and tourism project that showcases scale models of iconic landmarks from Iran and around the world. The park, built to promote tourism and cultural awareness, includes models of historic monuments such as Persepolis, the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, the Mausoleum of Hafez, the Veresk Bridge, the Mausoleum of Omar Khayyam, and Greece's Temple of the Parthenon.

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9 September 2025

A scale model of the Eiffel Tower is pictured in the Mini World Tourist Complex in Malayer, Iran, on September 7, 2025. Mini World in Malayer, located in Hamedan Province, is a large-scale cultural and tourism project that showcases scale models of iconic landmarks from Iran and around the world. The park, built to promote tourism and cultural awareness, includes models of historic monuments such as Persepolis, the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, the Mausoleum of Hafez, the Veresk Bridge, the Mausoleum of Omar Khayyam, Greece's Temple of the Parthenon, and the Egyptian pyramids.

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9 September 2025

A scale model of Iran's Persepolis is in the Mini World Tourist Complex in Malayer, Iran, 391 km (243 miles) southwest of Tehran, Iran, on September 7, 2025. Mini World in Malayer, located in Hamedan Province, is a large-scale cultural and tourism project that showcases scale models of iconic landmarks from Iran and around the world. The park, built to promote tourism and cultural awareness, includes models of historic monuments such as Persepolis, the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, the Mausoleum of Hafez, the Veresk bridge, the Mausoleum of Omar Khayyam, and Greece's Temple of the Parthenon.

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