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12 January 2026

A devotee is inside the Karkateshwar Mahadev Temple and Ashram in Kakrighat, Uttarakhand, India, on April 20, 2024. Karkateshwar Mahadev Temple is located along the Vivekananda Trail and is the place where Swami Vivekananda receives enlightenment. Swami Vivekananda spends a lot of time in the Kumaon region of the Himalayas and sets up Ashrams and spiritual centers there. The Vivekananda Trail in Kumaon is a path that he treads as a young monk in 1890. Kakrighat is the site where Vivekananda sets foot more than 100 years ago and is one of the most important places along the Vivekananda Trail in Kumaon. Within the grounds of Karkateshwar Mahadev Temple, there is a large Peepal tree with densely spread leaves. It is this spot where Vivekananda, in deep meditation after sanctifying himself with a bath in the Kosi River, revives enlightenment. The original tree under which Swami Vivekananda meditates has long since dried up. On July 15, 2016, one of the cloned saplings of the sacred tree (which the local people reverentially refer to as Vivekananda Jnana-vriksha) is planted at the very spot where the original tree stands.

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12 January 2026

Devotees bathe in the Kosi River at the Karkateshwar Mahadev Temple and Ashram in Kakrighat, Uttarakhand, India, on April 20, 2024. Karkateshwar Mahadev Temple is located along the Vivekananda Trail and is the place where Swami Vivekananda receives enlightenment. Swami Vivekananda spends a lot of time in the Kumaon region of the Himalayas and sets up ashrams and spiritual centers there. The Vivekananda Trail in Kumaon is a path that he treads as a young monk in 1890. Kakrighat is the site where Vivekananda sets foot more than 100 years ago and is one of the most important places along the Vivekananda Trail in Kumaon. Within the grounds of Karkateshwar Mahadev Temple, there is a large Peepal tree with densely spread leaves. It is this spot where Vivekananda, in deep meditation after sanctifying himself with a bath in the Kosi River, revives enlightenment. The original tree under which Swami Vivekananda meditates has long since dried up. On July 15, 2016, one of the cloned saplings of the sacred tree (which the local people reverentially refer to as Vivekananda Jnana-vriksha) is planted at the very spot where the original tree stands.

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12 January 2026

Devotees bathe in the Kosi River at the Karkateshwar Mahadev Temple and Ashram in Kakrighat, Uttarakhand, India, on April 20, 2024. Karkateshwar Mahadev Temple is located along the Vivekananda Trail and is the place where Swami Vivekananda receives enlightenment. Swami Vivekananda spends a lot of time in the Kumaon region of the Himalayas and sets up ashrams and spiritual centers there. The Vivekananda Trail in Kumaon is a path that he treads as a young monk in 1890. Kakrighat is the site where Vivekananda sets foot more than 100 years ago and is one of the most important places along the Vivekananda Trail in Kumaon. Within the grounds of Karkateshwar Mahadev Temple, there is a large Peepal tree with densely spread leaves. It is this spot where Vivekananda, in deep meditation after sanctifying himself with a bath in the Kosi River, revives enlightenment. The original tree under which Swami Vivekananda meditates has long since dried up. On July 15, 2016, one of the cloned saplings of the sacred tree (which the local people reverentially refer to as Vivekananda Jnana-vriksha) is planted at the very spot where the original tree stands.

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#12817458

1 October 2025

Hindu devotees perform a ritual for a young girl, Indrakshi Sanyal, age 10, dressed as Kumari as part of a ritual during the fourth day of the Durga Puja festival celebration at the 121-year-old heritage Bholanath Dham, Dutta Bari in Kolkata, India, on October 1, 2025.

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30 September 2025

Devotees worship a young girl during Kumari Puja on Ashtami at Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka, Bangladesh, marking the divine essence of Goddess Durga.

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30 September 2025

Devotees worship a young girl during Kumari Puja on Ashtami at Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka, Bangladesh, marking the divine essence of Goddess Durga.

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30 September 2025

Devotees worship a young girl during Kumari Puja on Ashtami at Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka, Bangladesh, marking the divine essence of Goddess Durga.

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30 September 2025

Devotees worship a young girl during Kumari Puja on Ashtami at Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka, Bangladesh, marking the divine essence of Goddess Durga.

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#12727026

7 September 2025

Faithful wait for the start of the Mass for the canonization of Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis, celebrated by Pope Leo XIV, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on September 7, 2025.

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#12625973

8 August 2025

A young girl dressed in traditional attire carries a decorated pot on her head as part of rituals during Narali Purnima, a festival celebrated by the fishing community to mark the onset of the monsoon fishing season, in Mumbai, India, on August 8, 2025. Devotees offer coconuts to the sea, seeking blessings for safe voyages and abundant catches.

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#12621019

6 August 2025

Trishna Shakya, the royal Kumari (Living Goddess) of Nepal, gestures as she is brought to the Taleju Bhawani Temple in Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 6, 2025, making her first public appearance of the Nepali year.

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6 August 2025

Trishna Shakya, the royal Kumari (Living Goddess) of Nepal, gestures as she is brought to the Taleju Bhawani Temple in Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 6, 2025, making her first public appearance of the Nepali year.

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6 August 2025

Trishna Shakya, the royal Kumari (Living Goddess) of Nepal, gestures as she is brought to the Taleju Bhawani Temple in Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 6, 2025, making her first public appearance of the Nepali year.

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6 August 2025

Trishna Shakya, the royal Kumari (Living Goddess) of Nepal, gestures as she is brought to the Taleju Bhawani Temple in Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 6, 2025, making her first public appearance of the Nepali year.

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6 August 2025

Trishna Shakya, the royal Kumari (Living Goddess) of Nepal, gestures as she is brought to the Taleju Bhawani Temple in Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 6, 2025, making her first public appearance of the Nepali year.

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6 August 2025

Trishna Shakya, the royal Kumari (Living Goddess) of Nepal, gestures as she is brought to the Taleju Bhawani Temple in Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 6, 2025, making her first public appearance of the Nepali year.

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