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Hindu Rituals in Varanasi

Vibrant scenes of Hindu worship in Varanasi, featuring colorful attire, rituals along the riverbanks, and traditional religious items in local shops.

Kuta Lombok, Sasak village Sade

Man making a Lembu (bull-shaped coffin) for use in a Ngaben cremation ceremony, village of Kasman; Kamasan, Bali, Indonesia

hindu man pray in front of the ancient statue of Gomateshvara,an important jain deity, in the temple of Sravanabelagola in the state of Karnataka,South India,Asia

Snake with snake charmer, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Sculptors making a bronze sculpture of a Hindu god, Swamimalai, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, India

Syria, Damascus, Outside Umayyad Mosque.

Dolpo, Nepal, circa May 2012: Native woman in orange t-shirt and long skirt stands in her house and looks down to photocamera in Dolpo, Nepal. Documentary editorial, Asia

Myanmar, Burma, Loikaw. A young female nun at an orphanage, measuring out rice in the storeroom. Loikaw.

Photographs of gods on wall in house Nandur Marathwada Maharashtra India Copyright: xRavixShekhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Stall selling religious items at Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

A sadhu or holy man from the Mahima sect, a non-Hindu sect located in Joranda, Odisha, India

Two men create handmade products from yellow sticks in a traditional room, a man from Sri Lanka works cinnamon sticks

India, Mumbai, at Mumba Devi Temple

Thailand, Bangkok, celebration of Thailand New Years Eve

Jain Pujari at Buddhist site Rajgir Bihar India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Teaching Glaebigen, Shwe-yan-pyay Monastery, Inle Lake, Myanmar, Inle Lake, Myanmar, Asia

Brahmin youths of Vedic School at their morning rituals in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Indian Deepawali Diwali Festival, Sale of Lanterns, Dadar Market, Mumbai Bombay, Maharashtra, India India

Indonesia, Island of Lombok, Sukarare. Famous craft village known for high quality hand-woven textiles (songket) made of silk or cotton often with metallic threads. Young female weaver.

Nazareth biblical village, Nazareth, Galilee, Israel, Middle East

India, Fatehpur Sikri, Mosque, Muslim School

Thai craftsman hand-making coconut broom handle

Beggar Sadhu playing on Tambura on road side Jodhpur Rajasthan India Asia Copyright: xSarveshxJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

Man Painting Mansa Devi Temple Panchkula Punjab India

Tibet, Shigatse. Tashilumpo Monastery, Buddhist monks publishing scriptures.

Aththapoovu or Floral decoration during Onam festival in Aranmula, Kerala, South India, India, Asia

Warli Tribal Dance, During Gudhi Padwa, Hindu New Year Day, Chaitra Shuddha Pratipada, Thane, Maharashtra, India

Italy, Emilia Romagna, Novellara, Sikh temple

A Muslim groom wearing haldi turmeric on his wedding day as a ritual for his marriage in Sangli, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Priestess carrying incense and water in a Barong dance performance in Batubulan, Bali, Indonesia

Shop, Carpets, Khan el-Khalili Bazaar, Old City, Cairo, Egypt, Africa

A platform shop selling Lord pictures, Kerala, India, Asia

Preparation of Diwali Festival In India

Man selling Pooja integrants on stall, Thiruvannamalai temple, Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Counting hundiyal coins of kapaleeswarar temple Mylapore in Madras Chennai Tamil Nadu India NO MR Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Men wearing Djellabas, traditional robes, on the vegetable market in Tinezouline, Draa valley, Morocco, Africa

Young monks, Myanmar, Burma, Asia

Woman planting a tree Thorn of Christ (Paliurus spina-christi), in autumn

Dorze in the Guge Mountains, Ethiopia

Engraver making copper gopura kalasam at Kumbakonam Tamil Nadu India NO MR Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Indonesia-Bali island-Ubud City-Offerings

Incense farmer Said during the incense harvest, Madar Moge, Sanaag, Somaliland

Madejas de lana teñidas.Zoco de los tintoreros. Marrakech. Marruecos. Magreb. Africa.

THAILAND NAN WANGPHA WAT NONG BUA BAUMWOLLE Cotton at traditional weaving at the Wat Nong Bua Museum in Wang Pha Village in Province of Nan in North Thailand. Thailand, Nan, November, 17, 2024. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/URSxFLUEELERx 23341687

A small ritual as part of the praying ritual for the good reincarnation of a dead person, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, formerly Uttaranchal, India, Asia

Jewish quarter, Mattancherry, Cochin, Kerala, India, Asia

Shiva sadhu from Avahan Akhara, holy man, lifting a packet of bricks with his penis, at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Death Rites and Rituals ceremony in jaunpur at uttar pradesh India MR 707 h4 Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

MAHESHWAR, INDIA - APRIL 26: Indian woman performs morning pooja on sacred river Narmada ghats on April 26, 2011 in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India. To Hindus Narmada is one of 5 holy rivers of India

eyes damaged people in union carbide gas leak tragedy, bhopal, madhya pradesh, india, Asia India Copyright: xMukeshxParpiani/DinodiaxPhotox

Woman with offerings in Hindu temple Ubud, Indonesia, Bali, Ubud, Asia

Myanmar, Burma, Wan-seeing. A novice monk sounds the gongs of the beautiful 15th or 16th century Wan-seeing monastery. Old murals are just visible behind the gongs.

Potter with diyas for Diwali festival, Dharavi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox -

Temple prasad stall in Thillai Nataraja temple in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Poojari or priest walking on women in mahasivaratri at poochiyur near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala. Mayan vendor with chicks.

India, New Delhi, Vendor selling muslim headwear in the cotton market in the old city of Delhi.

Monk in shop, market in Takua Pa monk, market in Takua Pa, Takua Pa, Phang Nga, Thailand, Asia

Ahmadabad, Indes devoted to the Hathi Singh temple , 1913-1914 - India, Pakistan - Stéphane Passet - (December 16 -January 29) (French - Ahmadabad , Indes Dévots au temple Hathi Singh). Costume, religious personality, temple, Hinduism, portrait, accessory, jewel, man, Clothing, personality, religion, human beings

Nun at mealtime, Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

Hindu monk at a shop; Bali

Lunch time in the temple, Sikh community, Sikhdharma Gurdwara Singh Sabha Association, Novellara, Reggio Emilia province, Italy

Ochsenkarren waehrend des Monsuns in der Naehe von Thrissur, Kerala

Muslims praying mourning on Muharram day in Chennai Madras, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Voodoo ritual performed in Ouidah, Benin, West Africa, Africa

TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, INDIA - FEBRUARY 14, 2013: Unidentified India woman drawing Kolam (Rangoli) - form of painting drawn by using rice powder in front of the house - thought to bring prosperity to homes

Chinese New Year celebrations crowd in Dixon street. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Craftsman painting a backdrop for a traditional feast near the Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia, Asia

Toda Marriage, Nilgiris, Ooty Udhagamandalam, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia. Great aboriginal tribes of India. Toda bride groom makes a small hole in a sacred tree and put a ghee lamp into the hole and kindle the lamp and they will keep that bow under the lamp. That is toda marriage custom, Asia

Sadhu and holy cow, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India, Asia

Man making clay idols in kumar tully potter lane, kolkata, west bengal, india, asia Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Thailand, Bangkok, Calligrapher painting Gold characters on red paper, auspicious colours for Chinese New Year.

India, Varanasi, coffin transport

Man selling tshirt, mathura, uttar pradesh, india, asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Devotee with pierced body in a religious procession at Thaipusam Festival, Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, Little India, Singapore

Hưng Yên, Vietnam - 15 December 2019: View of handcrafted bamboo fish traps, drying in the sun, cast intricate shadows on the textured concrete, a testament to local artistry.

Holy man Saddhu resting on a marble slab, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

A novice monk at Hemis Monastery in India.

Monk holding money, Paro, Bhutan

Israel, Jerusalem. Believers praying over the Stone of Unction at the entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Unesco.

Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, Pashupatinath, Hindu temple, people,

Indonesia, Sulawesi, Tana Toraja Region. Man drinks tuak (palm wine) from bamboo section during elaborate 3-day funeral (Editorial Usage Only)

Craftsman carving a Buddha statue, Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar

The earliest mention of Kashgar occurs when a Chinese Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE) envoy traveled the Northern Silk Road to explore lands to the west. Another early mention of Kashgar is during the Former Han (also known as the Western Han Dynasty), when in 76 BCE the Chinese conquered the Xiongnu, Yutian (Khotan), Sulei (Kashgar), and a group of states in the Tarim basin almost up to the foot of the Tian Shan mountains. Ptolemy spoke of Scythia beyond the Imaus, which is in a Kasia Regio”, probably exhibiting the name from which Kashgar is formed. The country’s people practised Zoroastrianism and Buddhism before the coming of Islam. The celebrated Old Uighur prince Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan converted to Islam late in the 10th century and his Uighur kingdom lasted until 1120 but was distracted by complicated dynastic struggles. The Uighurs employed an alphabet based upon the Syriac and borrowed from the Nestorian, but after converting to Islam widely used also an Arabic script. They

Old dekan dean with glasses and illustrated bible monastery Ukra Kidane Mekret in Tana Lake Ethiopia

A devotee with historical sword weighing around 40 kg in his hands paying his obedience to lord khandoba at the famous jejuri temple, pune, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Camel market, fair, people, wedding market, animals, desert town Pushkar, (Pushkar Camal Fair), Colourful textile shop with a variety of fabrics and clothes at a market, Rajasthan, North India, India, Asia

Drug brown sugar addict at Masjid station, Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Rolled beedis being delivered by the women to the beedi company, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Washer woman Muni Ki Reti, sometimes known as Lakshman Jhula, Rishikesh area, Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India

Ceremonial drummers gather to perform with painted drums on Sumbawa Island in Indonesia during a cultural event

Artisan making a temple bell in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

A Cambodian Mahout adorned with Buddhist amulets to ward off danger stands close to his elephant on scrub land in Phumi Khna, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia.

devotees outside Mount Mary Church ; Mount Mary Festival ; Bandra Fair ; Bombay Mumbai ; Maharashtra ; India NO MR;NO PR

Curtain at the entrance of a dental surgery, Yawnghwe, Shan State, Myanmar, Burma, Asia

Poor living in Passay Cemetery in Manila-Philippines

Hawkers, Sikh community, Sikhdharma Gurdwara Singh Sabha Association, Novellara, Reggio Emilia province, Italy

Board nidhivan, vrindavan, uttar pradesh, india, asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

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