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Amritsar, Jan 20 (EFE/EPA).- Indian Sikh devotees on Wednesday celebrated the birth anniversary of the tenth Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh, with religious hymns, rituals, and procession at the Golden Temple in northern India. Guru Gobind Singh became leader of the Sikhs at the age of nine and founded the Sikh warrior community called Khalsa. (Camera: RAMINDER PAL SINGH). SHOT LIST: INDIAN SIKH DEVOTEES CELEBRATE THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TENTH SIKH GURU, GOBIND SINGH, AT THE GOLDEN TEMPLE IN AMRITSAR, INDIA.
Jammu, Jan 20 (EFE/EPA).- Indian Sikh devotees on Wednesday celebrated the birth anniversary of the tenth Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh, with religious hymns, and prayers.Guru Gobind Singh became leader of the Sikhs at the age of nine and founded the Sikh warrior community called Khalsa. (Camera: JAIPAL SINGH). SHOT LIST: INDIAN SIKH DEVOTEES CELEBRATE THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TENTH SIKH GURU, GOBIND SINGH IN JAMMU, INDIA.
It is one of the biggest birthday celebrations in the world: millions of Sikhs mark the 550th birth anniversary of the founder of their religion, the Guru Nanak. The annual celebration has been given extra significance this year with the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor, a secure, visa-free passage between arch-rivals India and Pakistan that gives Indian Sikhs access to the place where the guru died in 1539, now one of the religion's holiest sites.
Colombo, Aug 29 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka held Saturday at Colombo's historic Kotte Buddhist Temple the annual Buddhist procession, a ceremony believed to have started in 1415 and held in honor of the sacred relic of the Buddha's tooth, once guarded by the kingdom of Kotte. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: A BUDDHIST PROCESSION AT THE HISTOIC KOTTE BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Phnom Penh, Jan 28 (EFE/EPA).- Cambodia celebrated an annual religious festival Thursday that marks the occasion on which Buddha prophesied his death, drawing crowds of faithful followers to the country's Ponhea Leu province, where the ceremony was held this year.The Buddhist celebration of Meak Bochea, which traditionally takes place during the full moon of the third lunar month, was scaled down in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and was only attended by 80 monks, as had been agreed by the country's officials. (Camera: KITH SEREY)SHOT LIST: MAEK BOCHEA CELEBRATIONS IN PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA.