Idol Immersion in India

Idol Immersion in India

Women dressed in traditional saris place their hands together during the Sindoor Khela ritual at the Shib Krishna Daw House in Kolkata, India on October 2, 2025. The Daw family’s Durga Puja, dating back to 1839, is among Kolkata’s oldest bonedi bari household pujas, where traditional rituals are performed inside the ancestral mansion rather than in public pandals. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Idol Immersion in India

Idol Immersion in India

Women in saris pose before the Durga idol after completing Sindoor Khela at the Shib Krishna Daw House in Kolkata, India on October 2, 2025. The Daw family’s Durga Puja, dating back to 1839, is among Kolkata’s oldest bonedi bari household pujas, where traditional rituals are performed inside the ancestral mansion rather than in public pandals. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bathing Indian way

Bathing Indian way

CHENNAI, India - Women in traditional clothing take a dip at a beach in Chennai, southeastern India, on Dec. 19, 2010. Local women often wear traditional clothing, including saris, when bathing in the sea.

UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES

UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES

UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES [THAI / BR / FR / GER / SP / NETH 2010] aka LOONG BOONMEE RALEUK CHAT [Unidentified] Date: 2010

Daibutsu (the Great Buddha) of Kamakura

Daibutsu (the Great Buddha) of Kamakura

The Daibutsu (Great Buddha) in Kamakura was built in the 13th century in reaction to the Daibutsu in Nara. A symbol of political power in the east of Japan, it is a precious inheritance that reveals the popularity of the Pure Land Sect at that time. As early as 1607, Father Rodrigues paid a visit to the Daibutsu (in 1618, the English Captain Saris, also paid a visit).==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number1‐25‐0]

Bathing Indian way

Bathing Indian way

CHENNAI, India - Women in traditional clothing take a dip at a beach in Chennai, southeastern India, on Dec. 19, 2010. Local women often wear traditional clothing, including saris, when bathing in the sea. (Kyodo)