Annual cleaning of Great Buddha of Nara

Annual cleaning of Great Buddha of Nara

Monks and others at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara sweep the dust off the Great Buddha, designated as a national treasure in Japan, on Aug. 7, 2024, in the annual "ominugui" cleaning event.

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