Traditional Religious Ceremonies

Images depict various religious rituals and ceremonies in India and Nepal, featuring colorful attire, sacred objects, and a spiritual atmosphere.

Arti or ritual worship to the Mother Ganges River, Varanasi, formerly Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India

Pashupatinath, cremations by the Bagmathi River, a tributary of the Ganges and sacred to Nepalese Hindus. Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia.

Sri Lanka, Colombo, Kelaniya Temple. Important Buddhist religious center and temple.

Idol of Lord Ganesh sitting on Swing as Lord Vishnu with Laxmi with Pujari and worshiper Elephant Headed God of Hindu worshiping for Ganapati Festival at Mandai Pune Maharashtra India Asia Copyright: xNitinxKelvalkar/DinodiaxPhotox

A sculptor at work carving a statue in Mahabalipuram Mamallapuram near Chennai, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Priest Boiling Hot Milk Ritual, Karaha Pujan, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia India

Flower market, northern India, India, Asia

Holi Festival Jodhpur Rajasthan India Asia Copyright: xSarveshxJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

old dying woman in Kashi Labh Mukti Bhawan at Uttar Pradesh India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Offerings For The Kuningan Festival; Bali, Indonesia

Artist working on wood, rajasthan, india, asia Copyright: xRupinderxKhullar/DinodiaxPhotox

Yoga at Kalari Kovilakom in Kerala, India, Asia

Sadhu at Varanasi, formerly Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India

Sonargaon, Bangladesh - 16 November 2019: View of devotees in traditional attire, eyes closed in prayer, surrounded by glowing candles in a sacred space.

Sadhus on the ghats, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Brahmin scholars performing ancient ritual at hindu temple, Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India

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India, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, Sankat Mochan Mandir Temple. A Groom Having His Headdress / Hat Adjusted At His Wedding Outside The Temple

The Konark Sun Temple is the culmination of Orissan temple architecture, and one of the most stunning monuments of religious architecture in the world. Built by the King Narasimhadeva in the thirteenth century, the entire temple was designed in the shape of a colossal chariot with seven horses and twenty-four wheels, carrying the sun god, Surya, across the heavens. Surya has been a popular deity in India since the Vedic period. The temple is a World Heritage Site and one of the seven wonders of India. Konark, Puri, Orissa, India.

Sri Veeramakaliamman hindu temple. Hindu priest ( Brahmin ) performing puja ceremony and rituals. Singapore.

monk at the Railway Market in Bangkok

Wesak day celebration in Khanh Anh temple

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Last rights are preformed on a man before CREMATION at the PASHUPATINATH BURNING GHATS - KATHAMANDU, NEPAL

Child boy look alike shiva, mumbai, maharashtra, india, asia Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

India, Rajasthan, Jaipur. A temple scholar, or pandit, offers advice and performs some rituals for Hindu pilgrims.

A village idol artist makes large color masks modeled after Purulia Chhau dance masks (Purulia Chhau dance is listed on UNESCO's World Heritage list of dances) of goddesses, animals, and rakshasas (humanoid demons or unrighteous spirits) like Hindu mythology characters out of clay. The artist then paints the idols with color, to be installed in a Jagaddhatri Puja pandal. Tehatta, West Bengal, India.

Children pay homage to the goddess Meenakshi, Meenakshi Amman Temple or Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Joranda monks performing obeisance in prayer at temple containing a dhuni, an eternal butter lamp, at dusk, Joranda, Orissa, India, Asia

Old cobbler in narrow lanes, varanasi, uttar pradesh, india, asia Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Homa, Couples ignited holy fire for worshiping Lord Ganesh at Dagdu Seth Halwai Ganapati, Ganapati festival, Pune, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xNitinxKelvalkar/DinodiaxPhotox

Devotees offer Pind to dead relatives. Pind Daan is a Hindu service in which a religious service is performed for the dead ancestors. The occasion is fortnight-long and places like Gaya (Bihar state) are thronged by people during this time. Pind means Round balls of rice and flour which are offered, along with the sacred kusha grass and flowers, amidst sprinkling of water and chanting of mantras from the Sam Veda. People visit the place in numbers as Gaya is believed to be the holiest place for this ritual. Gaya, Bihar, India.

An artisan making wax mould for a bronze sculpture statue at Swamimalai, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Devotee sweeping a forest temple at Goverdan ecovillage, Maharashtra, India

Devotee drinking from the milk bowls with the rats. Karni Mata Temple. Deshnoke Rajasthan, INDIA (THE RAT TEMPLE).

Copper temple Gopura Gopurm Kalasam making at Swamimalai near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Girl and a mid adult woman worshipping a pipal tree, Adiperukku, Srirangam, Tamil Nadu, India

Inside view of Anandpur sahib Gurudwara situated in Rupnagar district in Punjab India Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

India, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi. Candles on the ghats being lit for the evening ceremony of Arti. (Editorial Use Only)

Nattukottai Chettiars; Nagarathars to separate the jack fruit to distribute it to the guests of wedding feast in Chettinad, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Copper temple Gopura Gopurm Kalasam making at Swamimalai near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

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

Indonesia, Bali, Ubud. Hindu temple and prayers. (Editorial Usage Only)

Rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) at the Swayambhunath Temple in Kathmandu; Kathmandu, Nepal

Ceremony of tying the sun, Inti Watana, shamanic offering.

Woman praying before incense, Somatheeram Ayurveda Resort, traditional Ayurvedic medicine spa resort in Trivandrum, Kerala, India, Asia

Aththapoovu or Floral decoration during Onam festival in front of Bhagavati temple in Kodungallur, Kerala, India, Asia

girl holding statue of Ganesh ganpati Festival Elephant head Lord procession, pune, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xSunilxKapadia/DinodiaxPhotox

Devotee Bowing Down in Brihadeshwara Temple Also called Big Temple Built in 10th Century AD By Raja Raja Chola Dedicated to Lord Shiva at Thanjavur Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Procession, Hindu temple festival in Pulinkudi, Kerala state, India, Asia

Pilgrims praying in the inner courtyard of the Karni Mata temple at Deshnoke, Rajasthan, India.

Sri Veeramakaliamman hindu temple. Hindu priest ( Brahmin ) performing puja ceremony and rituals. Tilak. Singapore.

Priest with offerings at a rural Nepalese Hindu marriage ceremony, Pokhara, Nepal, Asia

Asia, India, Calcutta. Scene from the potter's village of Kumartuli in Calcutta.

An artisan making Thanjavur Art Plate at Thanjavur Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

MADURAI, INDIA - FEBRUARY 16, 2013: Indian brahmin (traditional Hindu society) priest and pilgrims in famous Meenakshi Amman Temple - historic Hindu temple located in temple city Madurai

Camel market, fair, people, wedding market, animals, desert town Pushkar, (Pushkar Camal Fair), A vendor sits behind a stall with colourful figures at a market, Rajasthan, North India, India, Asia

Well in Omkareshwara temple, Kodagu Coorg, Karnataka, India, Asia

Handicraft Bronze Work at Swamimalai near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Close-up of feet of a standing Buddha in Wat Intharawihan, Bangkok, Thailand

A food vendor prepare eatables as Muslims break their Ramzan or Ramadan fasting at Khatri Masjid in Pydhonie, Bombay now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

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shivling in shankaracharya temple, srinagar, kashmir, India, Asia Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

An idol artist is busy preparing the Durga idol ahead of the Durga Puja festival. Durga Puja is the main religious and cultural festival for Hindus, celebrated in Bangladesh with great enthusiasm, colorful festivity, and religious devotion. Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Wedding ceremony drummers and musicians play in front of the Ram Raja Mandir, or temple.

Sunlight streaming into traditional mud walled kitchen with wood fire, woman making chai, plastic rice sieve, Kadana, Gujarat, India, Asia

INDONESIA, BALI, BARONG DANCE, DANCERS PREPARING MAKE-UP AND COSTUMES

Asia, India, New Delhi, man at Hindu temple. (Editorial Use Only)

Priest pouring hot milk ritual, Karaha Pujan, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

An indian family wearing headgear before entering Bangla Sahib Gurudwara after the opening of most of the religious places as India eases lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the old quarters of Delhi, India, June 8, 2020. (Photo by: Majority World/Kuldeep Singh Rohilla/UIG)

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

Man Cleaning Roadside Temple of God Shiva Kolkata West Bengal India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

People washing, hosing down the courtyard of a Sufi shrine, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India, South Asia, Asia

Burmese women sweeping the floor of the Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Rangoon, Myanmar, Asia

Singapore,Little India,Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple,Thaipusam Festival Particpant

India, West Bengal, Kolkata, A sculptor creating durga idols in the Kumartuli district.

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

Women making kolam in front of a temple, Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Thailand, South, Hua Hin, People lighting candles and incense sticks with lotus flower offerings at a temple during Magha Puja.

husband and wife, muslim wedding, MR. NO. 202 Copyright: xRavixShekhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Visitors at Lalita Kunj inside Nidhivan Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India Copyright: xShivjixJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

Kathakali performers or mime artists, 38 and 60 years old, make up their faces, Kochi Kathakali Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India, Asia

Sri Srinivasa Perumal hindu temple. Hindu priest ( Brahmin ) performing puja ceremony and rituals. Oil lamp. Singapore.

Metalworker,Two bazaaris chatting over the counter of a metalwork shop, Grand Bazaar, Isfahan, Iran, Middle East

Athapookalam the traditional floral carpet made in the front courtyard for 10 days in every house during the season of Onam festival in Kerala, India, Asia

Followers praying at ISKCON Krishna Balaram temple in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Free drinking water for pilgrims lord shrinathji at nathdwara, rajasthan, india, asia Copyright: xRajeshxVora/DinodiaxPhotox

Cambodia, Siem Reap, Angkor, Preah Khan Temple, Nun offering Good Luck Bracelets

Green Room, the Yakshagana performers do their own makeup. The heavy face make-up is essential to depict the heavenly characters, Karnataka, India, Asia

Shirodhara, oil being poured on the forehead, Ayurvedic treatment, Bethsaida Hermitage near Kovalam, Kerala, southern India, India, Asia

India, Rajastan, Jaipur, craft display of iconic figures of hindu tradition.

Shivalinga and nandi at Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Temple of Baba Baidyanath very famous One of the twelve Jyotirlingas, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

A man selling garlands of flowers outside a temple in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Hindu pundit dressed in holy orange at tiny Hindu temple near Gomati ghat, Dwarka, Gujarat, India, Asia

INDONESIA, BALI, SMALL TEMPLE, TEMPLE CEREMONY, PEOPLE PRAYING

Sri Srinivasa Perumal Hindu temple, Hindu priest (Brahmin) performing puja ceremony and rituals, oil lamp, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Prayers in front of the Wat Phra Kaeo Grand Palace (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Gopeshwar mahadev temple, vrindavan, uttar pradesh, india, asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Stonemasonry firms with Buddha statues, Street of the stonemasons, Kyauk Sit Tan, Mandalay, Myanmar, Asia

Lion statue traditional house, varanasi, uttar pradesh, india, asia Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

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