Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

A woman offers food after worshiping a cow which is regarded as an incarnation of the Hindu Goddess of prosperity Laxmi during Gai Tihar or Cow worship Day, Tihar the festival of lights in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 15, 2020. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

Nepalese worship a cow regarded as an incarnation of the Hindu Goddess of prosperity Laxmi during Gai Tihar or Cow worship Day, Tihar the festival of lights in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 15, 2020. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

Nepalese worship a cow regarded as an incarnation of the Hindu Goddess of prosperity Laxmi during Gai Tihar or Cow worship Day, Tihar the festival of lights in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 15, 2020. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

A woman offers food after worshiping a cow which is regarded as an incarnation of the Hindu Goddess of prosperity Laxmi during Gai Tihar or Cow worship Day, Tihar the festival of lights in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 15, 2020. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

Nepalese worship a cow regarded as an incarnation of the Hindu Goddess of prosperity Laxmi during Gai Tihar or Cow worship Day, Tihar the festival of lights in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 15, 2020. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

A woman offers food after worshiping a cow which is regarded as an incarnation of the Hindu Goddess of prosperity Laxmi during Gai Tihar or Cow worship Day, Tihar the festival of lights in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 15, 2020. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

Nepalese worship a cow regarded as an incarnation of the Hindu Goddess of prosperity Laxmi during Gai Tihar or Cow worship Day, Tihar the festival of lights in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 15, 2020. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

Nepalese worship a cow regarded as an incarnation of the Hindu Goddess of prosperity Laxmi during Gai Tihar or Cow worship Day, Tihar the festival of lights in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 15, 2020. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

Nepalese worship a cow regarded as an incarnation of the Hindu Goddess of prosperity Laxmi during Gai Tihar or Cow worship Day, Tihar the festival of lights in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 15, 2020. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

Gai Tihar or Cow Worship Day in Nepal

Nepalese worship a cow regarded as an incarnation of the Hindu Goddess of prosperity Laxmi during Gai Tihar or Cow worship Day, Tihar the festival of lights in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 15, 2020. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

Dalai Lama gives lecture in Sapporo

Dalai Lama gives lecture in Sapporo

The Dalai Lama gives a lecture at a hotel in Sapporo, northern Japan, on April 3, 2015. The 79-year-old spiritual leader, who is considered the 14th incarnation of the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual figure, arrived in Japan the previous day, beginning a 13-day trip to give lectures and attend symposiums on Buddhism in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ueno Toshogu Shrine

Ueno Toshogu Shrine

When the local God is seen to be the incarnation of a God, it is called Gongen . Tokugawa Ieyasu was a human being but was called Gongen, the Tosho Daigongen. The building worshipping Ieyasu was the Toshogu, and apart form the Toshogu in Ueno, there are others in Nikko of Tochigi prefecture and Mt. Kuno of Shizuoka prefecture.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐156‐0]