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HARIDWAR, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA - APRIL 2021: A large group of Indian devotees take part in a holy bath on the occasion of Kumbh Mela which happens once in 12 years. Har Ki Paur Ghat. Selective focus.
Mature Indian females enjoying Holi festival at home.
Hindu devotees perform the 'Tarpan' rituals standing on water during Mahalaya prayers, also known as Pitru Paksha, in the banks of Brahmaputra river on October 14, 2023 in Guwahati, Assam, India.  Mahalaya is a day to honor their ancestors and seek their blessings.
Haridwar, Haridwar Ganga Aarti– September 17, 2022: People take part in ceremony.
Indian Hindu people faithfully performed Tarpan on the bank of the holy river Ganges at Mahalaya Pitru Paksha. Kolkata, West Bengal, India on October 06, 2021
View from the Ganges of a morning in Varanasi.
Mat, India – January 01, 2021: People if mathura playing holi in the street of barsana and nandgaon, covered in holi colors, happy and festive concept
New Delhi, India - September 29, 2012. Hindu devotees immerse an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha in the Yamuna river at the conclusion of the Ganesha festival. During the Ganesh Festival Hindu devotees bring home idols of Lord Ganesha and offer prayers in temporary temples in order to invoke his blessings for wisdom and prosperity, culminating with the immersion of the idols in bodies of water.
Pune, India - September 29, 2023, Ganesh immersion procession, Dhol tasha pathak playing traditional dhol on the streets of pune on the occasion of Ganpati visarjan festival in maharashtrian attire.
Hallahabad. India- january 17 2019: The Prayag Kumbh Mela, also known as Allahabad Kumbh Mela is a mela, or religious gathering, associated with Hinduism and held in the city of Prayagraj, India, at the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the mythical Sarasvati river.[1] The festival is marked by a ritual dip in the waters, but it is also a celebration of community commerce with numerous fairs, education, religious discourses by saints, mass feedings of monks or the poor, and entertainment spectacle.[2][3] Approximately 50 and 30 million people attended the Allahabad Ardh Kumbh Mela in 2019 and Maha Kumbh Mela in 2013 respectively to bathe in the holy river Ganges, making them the largest peaceful gathering events in the world.[4][5]
Varanasi, India - Dec 23, 2019: Sadhu at the ghats in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, ascetic holy mans in India
Kathmandu, Nepal-April 23,2024: Buddhists, and visitors typically come here to meditate, pray, and chant mantras while circumambulating the stupa
Shravan, commonly called Sawan, is the fourth Hindu month per the Lunar calendar. Dedicated to Lord Shiva, this month marks the beginning of the holy Chaturmas period.The 2022 Kanwar yatra begins on July 14, Thursday. Jal abhishekam is on Sawan shivaratri which falls on July 18. Moreover, the season of regional and pan India festivals,The festivals run during the monsoon month Shraawan (July — August). After taking water from the Ganges river (or other nearby river that wind up in the Ganges) the pilgrims, known as kanwariya or Shiv Bhaktas (disciples of Shiva), are mandated to travel barefooted and in saffron robes with their Kanwar (walking sticks used to hang the urns of water) for 105 km by various routes and usually in groups made of family, friends and or neighbors, and return to their own local or other more prestigious and larger Shiva Temples to pour Gangajal on Lord Shiva (Shiv Linga). On the march pilgrims continuously sprinkle any and all talk with \
View over heads of rows of thai people and monks  giving  food donation to thai monks  at  ceremony of Makha Bucha Day in Sangkhla Buri in northwest of Kanchanaburi province of Thailand in early morning close to sunset. People are wearing mostly traditional clothing and are standing in main street leading down to Mon Bridge and lake. People are waiting to give food donations to monks when they pass along street down to bridge
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India - June 1, 2017: Ganga Aarti begins every day at sunset at Rishikesh. An aarti is a devotional ritual that uses fire as an offering. It's usually made in the form of a lit lamp, and in the case of the Ganges River, a small diya with a candle and flowers that's floated down the river. The offering is made to the Goddess Ganga, also affectionately referred to as Maa Ganga, goddess of the holiest river in India.
Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India –  May 02, 2023: Group of Hindu people gathered together for evening Aarti or religious offering of River Ganges.
Varanasi, India - November 11, 2015: Showing the colorful traditional clothing and Hindu religious ritual of bathing in the Ganges River from the ancient ghats of Varanasi.
Hallahabad. India- january 17 2019: The Prayag Kumbh Mela, also known as Allahabad Kumbh Mela is a mela, or religious gathering, associated with Hinduism and held in the city of Prayagraj, India, at the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the mythical Sarasvati river.[1] The festival is marked by a ritual dip in the waters, but it is also a celebration of community commerce with numerous fairs, education, religious discourses by saints, mass feedings of monks or the poor, and entertainment spectacle.[2][3] Approximately 50 and 30 million people attended the Allahabad Ardh Kumbh Mela in 2019 and Maha Kumbh Mela in 2013 respectively to bathe in the holy river Ganges, making them the largest peaceful gathering events in the world.[4][5]
Ganga Sagar, West Bengal, India, 01_14_2024: Devotees taking holy bath at Gangasagar. After the bath they perform pujas and other rituals in remembrance of their departed family members/close relatives and they also seek blessings for their departed souls.Gangasagar pilgrimage and fair, held annually, is the second largest congregation of mankind after the holy Kumbha Mela. Almost a million of Hindu devotees from all over India gather at Gangasagar for a holy dip and perform rituals and prayer (puja) with a belief that it will cleanse and purify their souls.\nGangasagar Festival is in Hinduism, held every year at Gangasagar, West Bengal, India. The confluence of the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal is called the Gangasagar, the fair is held every year on Makar Sankranti at Kapilmuni's ashram located on the Gangasagar. The mela is celebrated on 14 or 15 January every year.
Varanasi, India - April 6, 2010: Boats moored in front of ghats on the River Ganges, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Varanasi has always attracted a large number of pilgrims and worshippers from time immemorial.
8th july 2022 puri odisha india:In Bahuda Yatra near Gundicha Temple in Puri, pilgrims from different parts of the country are singing bhajans and dancing happily.
Pushkar, India - Nov 5, 2017. People praying on bank of Pushkar Lake. Pushkar is a pilgrimage site for Hindus and Sikhs, located in State of Rajasthan.
At the Har ki Paudi in Haridwar - the Hindu pilgrimage town in the state of Uttarakhand, India,
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India - March 2023: Portrait of an holy sadhu male in traditional saffron clothes keeping the idol of goddess kali over his head while standing at the manikarnika ghat.
Kathmandu, Nepal-April 22,2024: local people praying at Pashupatinath temple, The destination for tourists from different countries
Kathmandu,Nepal - Feb 3,2016: Colorful Sadhu at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu,Nepal.
Guwahati, India - 10th April 2023: A Guide points his group in the correct diretion for Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam, India. Kamakhya Mandir is a very important centre for Tantric  worship in the Hindu tradition.
Haridwar,India  - March 12, 2010: Pilgrims pray after morning bath in Ganges at Kumbh Mela. Kumbh Mela is a Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus gather at a sacred river for a bath in the river. It is held every third year at one of the four places by rotation: Haridwar, Allahabad, Nasik and Ujjain.The pilgrimage is held for about 45 days at each of these four places. The festival is one of the worlds largest congregation of religious pilgrims. Millions of pilgrims attend. They regard it as their duty to attend once in a lifetime.
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