Hindu Rituals and Ceremonies

Photographs of festive Hindu rituals, showcasing the vibrant attire and ceremonial practices of participants in various cultural celebrations.

Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Religious Hindu ceremony on the shore of Pushkar Lake. (Editorial Use Only)

Men carrying kavadis and dancing, Ganesh Festival, Paris, France, Europe

Hindu priest praying for temple inanition at Pondicherry Union Territory India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

men performing karagam dance at Tripunithura, cochin, kerala, india Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Man in costume representing a god at the Teyyam ceremony, near Kannur, Kerala, India, Asia

Chhatha Pooja puja , Juhu Sea beach , Bombay Mumbai , Maharashtra , India

Thailand. Bangkok. Songkran Parade. Drummers In Gold Costumes.

Thaipusam hindu festival, tamil people, Montreal, Canada,

Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Religious Hindu ceremony on the shore of Pushkar Lake. (Editorial Use Only)

Dancers wearing Kananga mask at the Dama celebration in Tireli, Mali

Gotipua dancer jagannatha rath yatra, puri, orissa, india, asia Copyright: xBxPxMaiti/DinodiaxPhotox

women performing folk dance in fair, india Copyright: xBrijeshxSharma/DinodiaxPhotox

Pilgrims, kumbh mela, ujjain, madhya pradesh, india, asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Pulikali Tiger Dance procession, Onam festival, Thrissur, Kerala, India, Asia India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox -

Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Batu Caves, Thaipusam Hindu Festival, people, kavadi bearers,

Pulikali Tiger Dance procession, Onam festival, Thrissur, Kerala, India, Asia India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox -

Hindus on the main festival day at the big parade Theer in front of the town sign of Hamm Uentrop, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Elephants painted and decorated in preparation for the Elephant Festival, Jaipur, India

Woman dress as Hindu Goddess Kali, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

High angle view of crowd in Anthimahakalan vela festival, Chelakkara, Thrissur District, Kerala, India

Decorated kalash on head of woman in mangal kalash yatra, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xShivjixJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

Man dressed as Ravana kalighat, kolkata, west bengal, India, Asia Copyright: xBxPxMaiti/DinodiaxPhotox

Nepal, Bhaktapur,folklore

Gondhali From Solapur District Performing Gondhali Dance During The Procession Of Goddess Amba Devi From Kalwa To Tembhi Naka, Thane, Maharashtra, India

Annual Hindu festival of Thaipusam, Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

India, Kerala, Thrissur, Pooram festival, it is one of the biggest festivals in India where elephants are decorated magnificiently

Karagam dancers during republic day celebration Chennai Madras Tamil Nadu India NOMR Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Girl child receiving blessings from goddess, Arupathumoovar festival, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Peoples carrying rath, puri, orissa, india, asia Copyright: xBxPxMaiti/DinodiaxPhotox

Woman dress as Hindu Goddess Kali, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Woman dress as Hindu Goddess Kali, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Group of Taru women dancing in traditional costume Terai

Adivasi tribal men, faces and bodies decorated, wearing ornate headgear, dancing to celebrate Holi festival, Kavant, Gujarat, India, Asia

Thaipusam hindu festival, tamil people, Montreal, Canada,

Vaishnav devotees in procession of god District Kanchipuram Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xMadhusudanxTawde/DinodiaxPhotox

Transgender near kshipra river, kumbh mela, madhya pradesh, india, asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Gondhali from Solapur District performing Gondhali dancing during the Procession of goddess Amba devi from Kalwa to Tembhi Naka ; Thane ; Maharashtra ; India MR#687 W

Woman dress as Hindu Goddess Kali, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Woman performing traditional Indian dance on ground for special occasion, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Durga festival, India, Asia Copyright: xAshaxAdatia/DinodiaxPhotox

Karakattam, folk dance during Pongal celebration in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Man piercing spike through cheeks discharging vow in Thaipusam festival Kerala India NOMR Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Hindu believers in a procession, Riviere des Anguilles, Mauritius, Africa

The image of Man dressed as Goddess Kali in Dasara Dussera Dusera Festival at Kulasai Kulasekharapatnam near Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Baha festival, Howrah, Calcutta Kolkata, West Bengal, India Copyright: xPradipxBarrai/DinodiaxPhotox

Kachi Ghodi ; Men standing in dummy horse and performing Ranjasthani dance wearing maratha costume during the religious procession ; NO MR

Kathakali dancers in Aranmula boat race procession during Onam Celebrations, Kerala, South India, India, Asia

Pilgrim with spiritual piercings smoking mind expanding substances, Hindu festival Thaipusam, Batu Caves limestone caves and temples, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Man dress as Hindu God, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

A man ear boring a pilgrimage and wearing Rudraksha earring, Vaikasi Visakam festival at Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

India: During a Jain procession in Mumbai, a prominent Jain couple and their children sit on a festive chariot being pulled through the city's crowded streets. The strictly vegetarian Jains hardly number five million in India, but being mostly engaged in business they rank as the wealthiest community in India.

Devotees singing devotional songs in ghanshyam temple Jodhpur Rajasthan India Asia Copyright: xSarveshxJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

Indian men playing musical instrument, Palakkad, Kerala, India Copyright: xKrishnadasxMenon/DinodiaxPhotox

Eine Feier in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Indien

Theyyam performers preparing for a ritual, near Kasargod, North Kerala, South India, Asia

Durga puja deity, made from river mud and decorated, being taken to the Brahmaputra riverbank for Durga puja immersion ceremony, Guwahati, Assam, Indi...

Theertha Kavadi, Agni Nakshatram is a 14-day hottest part of the year, at Kodumudi ardent devotees collect River Cauvery water in kavadis to Palani for abhishekam of the deity, majestic procession round giri vidhi Palani, Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Pulikali Tiger Dance procession, Onam festival, Thrissur, Kerala, India, Asia India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox -

Devotees in protective mask for swine flu during lord ganesh ganpati festival Bombay Mumbai Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

Theertha Kavadi, Agni Nakshatram is a 14-day hottest period of the year, at Kodumudi ardent devotees collect river Cauvery water in kavadis to Palani for abhishekam of the deity, majestic procession round giri vidhi, Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Decorated clay horses carrying during puravi eduppu festival Venthanpatti Pudukkottai Tamil Nadu India August-2009 Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) workers picked up a Durga idol to immerse in the Brahmaputra river at the end of the Durga Puja festival or Dashami, on October 24, 2023 in Guwahati, Assam, India. Durga Puja is one of the most important festivals in India.

adi dravidar Dancers performing in ganesh procession, mumbai, maharashtra, India, Asia Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Batu Caves, Thaipusam Hindu Festival, people, kavadi bearers

Elephant culture of India

Theyyam ritual performed in the area of Kannur, Kerala, India.

India: Giant warrior figures, with a man hidden inside each, take part in a procession during a festival around Balkrishna Temple or Udupi Sri Krishna Matha in Udupi (Udipi), Karnataka, South India. The men usually advance their figures with quick, swirling movements, occasionally halting to re-adjust their setup. They look out from their figures through a round opening in the figures lower chest area. The temple is dedicated to the young and playful version of (Hindu god) Krishna called Balkrishna (Boy Krishna).

Farewell Of The Durga Idol Into The Water Of River Hooghly - Visarjan, Durga Pooja Dassera Vijayadasami Festival, Calcutta Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Ganpati Immersion in Sea at Girgaon Chowpatty on Ganpati Utsav Mumbai India Asia Copyright: xSarveshxJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

Vallanghy Nenmara Vela festival, Kerala, India, Asia

Elephant Decoration , Elephant Festival 2004 , Chuagan Stadiam , Jaipur , Rajasthan , India Copyright: xUmeshxGogna/DinodiaxPhotox

Hindu pilgrims, Thaipusam Festival in Palani, Tamil Nadu, Tamilnadu, South India, India, Asia

Kandy, Sri Lanka, Perahera Festival parade with elephants, performers and spectators

Dashera Festival, Mysore, Karnataka, India Copyright: xHemantxPatil/DinodiaxPhotox

Woman dress as Hindu Goddess Kali, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

India: A young boy disguised as the Hindu god Hanuman at the Bharata Poornima Festival held near the Yellamma Temple, Saundatti, Karnataka (1994). Every year in the Hindu month of Magh (January - February) more than half a million people gather around the tiny temple of the goddess Yellamma in Saundatti. Yellamma is the patron of the devadasi or women dedicated to the service of a deity or temple.

man dress as Hindu Goddess Kali near Mutharamman temple, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Musicians playing jendai drums Kerala India NOMR Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Woman dress as Hindu Goddess Kali, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Trichurpooram pooram, Elephants March procession of bejeweled temple Festival, Kerala, india Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Holy man with sealed mouth and load on his shoulders, Hindu festival Thaipusam, Batu Caves limestone caves and temples, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Decorated camel owned by Ashok Shivani Tak who is a keen collector of fine camel trappings, old saddles and textiles. Pushkar, Rajasthan. INDIA

Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Batu Caves, Thaipusam Hindu Festival, people, kavadi bearers,

Floating idol of goddess durga in river on durga puja festival Howrah West Bengal India 28-September-2009 Copyright: xRanjanaxBanerjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Indian priests sadhus with garlands , Kumbh mela festival , Ujjain , Madhya Pradesh , India Copyright: xSubhashxSharma/DinodiaxPhotox

Village Guardian temple Muniappan in Dharmapuri Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Masi Magam festival at Puducherry; Pondicherry, Union territory of India

INDIA KERALA THRISSUR POORAM ELEPHANT FESTIVAL MUSIC Traditional Musicians play in front of Elephants at traditional Pooram or Elephant Festival in the city of Thrissur or Trichur in the Province Kerala in India. India, Thrissur, April, 1998 Copyright: xZoonar.com/URSx 21825665

Workers and goddesses statues at wheel of chariot rath yatra of jagannath, Puri, Orissa, India NO MR Copyright: xDebasishxBanerjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Pilgrim with spiritual piercing, Hindu festival Thaipusam, Batu Caves limestone caves and temples, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Folk artists performing Dasara Dussera Dusera Festival at Kulasai Kulasekharapatnam near Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Laxmi narayan tripathi, kumbh mela, ujjain, madhya pradesh, india, asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Naga sadhu going to take holy dip, kumbh mela, madhya pradesh, india, asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Bikaner Camel Festival Annual Celebration

Velichapadu oracles, Bharani Festivals, Kodungalloor, Kerala, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Rajgir mela, Rajgir, Bihar, India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Pierced devotees spike through cheeks discharging vow in Thaipusam festival Kerala India NOMR Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Woman dress as Hindu Goddess Kali, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Asia, Burma (Myanmar) Bulls adorned for a Shinbyu ceremony in Pagon.

Devotees of Lord Ganesh the elephant headed God playing the musical instrument Jhanj on the occasion of the immersion procession of Lord Ganesh Ganpati Pune Maharashtra India Copyright: xSunilxKapadia/DinodiaxPhotox

Lathmar Holi celebrations in Bankei Bihari Temple, Vrindavan, Braj, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

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