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China: Monkey Snatches Man’s Snacks at Guizhou Temple

On November 28, in Guizhou, China, a video captured a monkey jumping onto a table at a temple to steal a man's snacks. The man attempted to chase the animal, but the monkey fled quickly with the loot.

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Tihar Festival At Kasthamandap Temple - Nepal

A man receives tika at the mass Bhai Tika ceremony during the Tihar festival at Kasthamandap Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct. 23, 2025. The last day of Tihar, widely celebrated across Nepal, is known as Bhai Tika. On this day, sisters apply a tika on the foreheads of their brothers praying for their long life, good health and prosperity. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Tihar Festival At Kasthamandap Temple - Nepal

A man receives tika at the mass Bhai Tika ceremony during the Tihar festival at Kasthamandap Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct. 23, 2025. The last day of Tihar, widely celebrated across Nepal, is known as Bhai Tika. On this day, sisters apply a tika on the foreheads of their brothers praying for their long life, good health and prosperity. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Tihar Festival At Kasthamandap Temple - Nepal

A man with tika is seen at the mass Bhai Tika ceremony during the Tihar festival at Kasthamandap Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct. 23, 2025. The last day of Tihar, widely celebrated across Nepal, is known as Bhai Tika. On this day, sisters apply a tika on the foreheads of their brothers praying for their long life, good health and prosperity. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Diwali Celebration Held - Yangon

A man lights oil lamps to celebrate Diwali, or the Hindu festival of lights, at a temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Oct. 20, 2025. Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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High Tide Submerges Sacred Site Kolkata - India

A man walks through floodwater in Kolkata, India on August 11, 2025. In Kolkata’s Kalighat area, the Adi Ganga has overflowed due to high tide, flooding streets and temple surroundings. Devotees, some standing knee- or waist-deep in water, continue offering sindoor and carrying ritual pots in honor of the deities Savitri and Satyavan. Photo by Amit Ghosh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

A man posing as a monk soldier chops a green bamboo stalk, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2025.

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

A man posing as a monk soldier chops a green bamboo stalk, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2025.

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Anti-ICE Protests - LA

A man waits to be arrested after refusing to leave the area on Temple Street and Alameda Street in Downtown Los Angeles on June 12, 2025.Anti-ICE Protests in Los Angeles. Photo byAnti-ICE Protests in Los Angeles. Photo by Benjamin Hanson/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to grab two sacred wooden sticks during the over-500-year-old Saidai-ji Eyo festival at Saidai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 15, 2025. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to grab two sacred wooden sticks during the over-500-year-old Saidai-ji Eyo festival at Saidai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 15, 2025. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to grab two sacred wooden sticks during the over-500-year-old Saidai-ji Eyo festival at Saidai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 15, 2025. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Frog-hopping ceremony at Nara temple

A man dressed as a large frog prepares to ascend the steps of World Heritage-listed Zaodo hall at Kinpusen-ji temple in Yoshino in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, during a frog-hopping ceremony on July 7, 2024.

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Frog-hopping ceremony at Nara temple

A man dressed as a large frog prepares to ascend the steps of World Heritage-listed Zaodo hall at Kinpusen-ji temple in Yoshino in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, during a frog-hopping ceremony on July 7, 2024.

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

KYOTO,Japan, June 20 Kyodo -A man posing as a monk soldier chops green bamboo stalks, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2024.(Kyodo)

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

A man posing as a monk soldier chops green bamboo stalks, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2024.

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Jerusalem Day Flag March - Israel

Israeli far-right activists attack a Palestinian man while Israeli activists protecting him on June 5, 2024, during the so-called Jerusalem Day flag march, which marks the Israeli army's capture of East Jerusalem during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. This eastern sector is home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount. Photo by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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COTE D'IVOIRE-ABIDJAN-YOUNG MAN-KUNG FU DREAM

(240419) -- ABIDJAN, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This undated file photo shows Yanming, a young Ivorian, practicing martial arts at the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng, central China's Henan Province. TO GO WITH "Feature: An Ivorian young man's Kung Fu dream" (Xinhua)

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COTE D'IVOIRE-ABIDJAN-YOUNG MAN-KUNG FU DREAM

(240419) -- ABIDJAN, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This undated file photo shows Yanming, a young Ivorian, practicing martial arts with his fellow Yanchen at the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng, central China's Henan Province. TO GO WITH "Feature: An Ivorian young man's Kung Fu dream" (Xinhua)

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COTE D'IVOIRE-ABIDJAN-YOUNG MAN-KUNG FU DREAM

(240419) -- ABIDJAN, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This undated file photo shows Yanming, a young Ivorian, practicing martial arts at the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng, central China's Henan Province. TO GO WITH "Feature: An Ivorian young man's Kung Fu dream" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-EGYPT-YIN RUINS-LUXOR-ANCIENT CIVILIZATION (CN)

(240418) -- BEIJING, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 26, 2024 shows a man visiting the new building of Yinxu Museum in Anyang, central China's Henan Province. Luxor, the ancient city of Thebes in southern Egypt, was the pharaohs' capital at the height of their power during the New Kingdom from the 16th century BC to the 11th century BC. Seen by many as the world's largest open-air museum, it is home to famous Tutankhamen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings and the ruins of the huge Karnak Temple Complex and Luxor Temple. The Yin Ruins, which is located in Anyang of central China's Henan Province, is the first documented late Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.) capital site in China, as confirmed by archaeological excavations and oracle bone inscriptions. Luxor and the Yin Ruins have, respectively, witnessed the historic highlights of the development of Egypt and China, the two ancient civilizations. April 18 marks the International Day for Monuments and Sites. It is a sound occasion to

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-MAHA SHIVARATRI FESTIVAL

(240309) -- KATHMANDU, March 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A sadhu (holy man) is seen during the Maha Shivaratri festival on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 8, 2024. Maha Shivaratri is a major festival in Hinduism celebrated annually in honor of Lord Shiva. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to catch a sacred wood stick at the over-500-year-old Saidaiji Eyo festival at the Saidaiji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 17, 2024. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to catch a sacred wood stick at the over-500-year-old Saidaiji Eyo festival at the Saidaiji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 17, 2024. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to catch a sacred wood stick at the over-500-year-old Saidaiji Eyo festival at the Saidaiji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 17, 2024. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to catch a sacred wood stick at the over-500-year-old Saidaiji Eyo festival at the Saidaiji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 17, 2024. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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INDONESIA-JAKARTA-CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR-PREPARATION

(240202) -- JAKARTA, Feb. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A man cleans an object used in temple to greet the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in Amurva Bhumi temple in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Zulkarnain)

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Aftermath of Typhoon Yun-yeung

A man walks in front of Shiramizu Amidado hall, a national treasure located in Ganjoji temple, in the city of Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 9, 2023, which is swamped by torrential rain left by Typhoon Yun-yeung a day before.

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Aftermath of Typhoon Yun-yeung

A man walks in front of Shiramizu Amidado hall, a national treasure located in Ganjoji temple, in the city of Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 9, 2023, which is swamped by torrential rain left by Typhoon Yun-yeung a day before.

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EGYPT-CAIRO-JEWISH TEMPLE-RESTORATION-OPENING

(230901) -- CAIRO, Sept. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man takes photos inside the Jewish temple Ben Ezra Synagogue after its restoration in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 1, 2023. Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Thursday opened Ben Ezra Synagogue, the oldest Jewish temple in the country after undergoing restoration work, Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a statement. The ministry said the synagogue, named after Jewish scholar and philosopher Abraham Ben Ezra, dates back to the 12th century and was rebuilt in the 1890s, adding the restoration is part of a national project for rehabilitating Historic Cairo. Once a hub for Jewish celebrations, gatherings, and prayers in Egypt, the temple has transformed into a tourist attraction after the majority of the Jewish community left in the 1950s. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-CAIRO-JEWISH TEMPLE-RESTORATION-OPENING

(230901) -- CAIRO, Sept. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man takes photos inside the Jewish temple Ben Ezra Synagogue after its restoration in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 1, 2023. Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Thursday opened Ben Ezra Synagogue, the oldest Jewish temple in the country after undergoing restoration work, Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a statement. The ministry said the synagogue, named after Jewish scholar and philosopher Abraham Ben Ezra, dates back to the 12th century and was rebuilt in the 1890s, adding the restoration is part of a national project for rehabilitating Historic Cairo. Once a hub for Jewish celebrations, gatherings, and prayers in Egypt, the temple has transformed into a tourist attraction after the majority of the Jewish community left in the 1950s. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-CAIRO-JEWISH TEMPLE-RESTORATION-OPENING

(230901) -- CAIRO, Sept. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man takes photos inside the Jewish temple Ben Ezra Synagogue after its restoration in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 1, 2023. Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Thursday opened Ben Ezra Synagogue, the oldest Jewish temple in the country after undergoing restoration work, Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a statement. The ministry said the synagogue, named after Jewish scholar and philosopher Abraham Ben Ezra, dates back to the 12th century and was rebuilt in the 1890s, adding the restoration is part of a national project for rehabilitating Historic Cairo. Once a hub for Jewish celebrations, gatherings, and prayers in Egypt, the temple has transformed into a tourist attraction after the majority of the Jewish community left in the 1950s. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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Raksha Bandhan Festival - Kashmir

August 30,2023, Srinagar Kashmir, India : A man prostrates past People queue up to enter the Shankaracharya Temple during the Raksha Bandhan festival in Srinagar. Raksha Bandhan means "a bond of protection" where sisters tie sacred threads onto their brothers' wrist for their well being in return for their vows to protect them. The ritual is observed during the full moon in the Hindu month of Shravan. On August 30,2023 in Srinagar Kashmir, India. (Photo By Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group

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Raksha Bandhan Festival - Kashmir

August 30,2023, Srinagar Kashmir, India : A man prays outside the Shankaracharya Temple during the Raksha Bandhan festival in Srinagar. Raksha Bandhan means "a bond of protection" where sisters tie sacred threads onto their brothers' wrist for their well being in return for their vows to protect them. The ritual is observed during the full moon in the Hindu month of Shravan. On August 30,2023 in Srinagar Kashmir, India. Photo By Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tanzanian young man pursues career in Kung Fu

STORY: Tanzanian young man pursues career in Kung Fu DATELINE: Aug. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English & Swahili): YASINI BAKARI, Kung Fu trainer 2. various of Chinese Kung Fu training STORYLINE: Yasini Rajabu Bakari, 26, comes from Tanzania's commercial hub of Dar es Salaam. He now works as a Kung Fu trainer in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. "Chinese Kung Fu is in my blood. The Chinese martial arts is my lifetime savior," said Bakari. In 2014, the Tanzania Wushu Association, in collaboration with the Chinese Embassy in Tanzania, sent Bakari to be trained in Kung Fu for four weeks at the Shaolin Temple in central China's Henan Province. In 2017, Bakari was sponsored to get further training for three months at a martial arts school in north China's Tianjin, where he was awarded a diploma after completing a program in martial arts coaching. After that, Bakari landed a job as a trainer at Dragon Warriors Martial Arts Clu

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Aftermath of heavy rain in southwestern Japan

A man clears mud from the front of Jouon-ji temple on July 4, 2023, in Mashiki in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto, after the main hall collapsed due to a mudslide caused by heavy rain.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in southwestern Japan

A man clears mud from the front of Jouon-ji temple on July 4, 2023, in Mashiki in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto, after its main hall collapsed due to a mudslide caused by heavy rain.

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INDIA-AMRITSAR-VAISAKHI FESTIVAL-CELEBRATION

(230415) -- AMRITSAR, April 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man lights lamps at the Golden Temple in celebration of Vaisakhi, a Sikh harvest festival, in Amritsar district of India's northern Punjab state, April 14, 2023. (Str/Xinhua)

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Fire festival in western Japan

A man costumed as an ogre takes part in the annual "Dadaoshi" fire festival at Hase temple in Sakurai in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2023. The festival, which is said to have a 1,000-year history, was held in public after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Fire festival in western Japan

A man costumed as an ogre takes part in the annual "Dadaoshi" fire festival at Hase temple in Sakurai in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2023. The festival, which is said to have a 1,000-year history, was held in public after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Good harvest festival in northeastern Japan

A man is splashed with cold water in a river during a festival to pray for a good harvest at a Buddhist temple in the northeastern Japan city of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 29, 2023.

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Bamboo cutting ritual at Kurama Temple

KYOTO, Japan - A man wearing the costume of a warrior priest cuts a bamboo, symbolizing a big snake, with a sword during the traditional "Takekirie" bamboo cutting ritual at Kurama Temple in Kyoto City on June 20, 2014.

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Man makes gigantic torch in Nara

NARA, Japan - Teruo Nomura (L), 70, makes a gigantic "Kago taimatsu" torch, to be used in the "Omizutori" water drawing ceremony at Todaiji, a Buddhist temple in the ancient Japanese capital of Nara, on March 8, 2014.

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People view Buddhist drawings on death at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - People view a set of Buddhist drawings that depict the nine phases of the bodies of a dead man and woman decaying and turning into bones, which were unveiled at Saiganji, a temple in Kyoto, on March 15, 2014.

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Buddhist drawings depicting death shown at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - A set of Buddhist drawings that depict the nine phases of the bodies of a dead man and woman decaying and turning into bones are unveiled at Saiganji, a temple in Kyoto, on March 15, 2014.

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Japanese man conducts 1st opera in Kiyomizu temple

KYOTO, Japan - Conductor Hirofumi Yoshida speaks about his experience of conducting an Italian opera at Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto during an interview on Oct. 24, 2013 in Kyoto.

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Memorial for Nepalese victim

OSAKA, Japan - A memorial is held at a Buddhist temple in Osaka on Feb. 25, 2012, for Bishnu Prasad Dhamala, a Nepalese man killed on a street in Osaka in January 2012. Four Japanese have been arrested in connection with the case and three of them have been indicted on a charge of murder.

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American GE man remembered by Fukushima citizens

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiteru Naka, a former employee of General Electric Co. of the United States, visits the tomb of Edward Cook, an American who was a GE official, at a cemetery of Hosenji Buddhist temple in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2011. Cook, who worked as GE official when the project to build the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi complex was under way, had his ashes interred at the cemetery about 8 kilometers from the plant at his own request. Naka, now president of a subcontractor for the Fukushima Plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., is working to tackle the crisis at the nuclear complex.

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Cambodia-Thai border dispute

PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia - A man shows bullet marks on a wall of Preah Vihear temple, a World Heritage site, in northern Cambodia on Feb. 15, 2011. The U.N. Security Council has called on Cambodia and Thailand to resolve their ongoing border dispute through dialogue and establish a permanent cease-fire.

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Ryoanji's painted screens

KYOTO, Japan - A man sits by sliding doors decorated with Chinese-inspired images at Ryoanji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, on Oct. 20, 2010. Six painted panels, which once adorned the main hall of the Zen sanctuary before being sold off 115 years ago, returned to Kyoto after the temple bid for them at a Christie's auction in New York in September.