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  • Wembley, United Kingdom: The construction of the Shree Sanatan Mandir, a Hindu temple in northwest London, was completed after fourteen years and £16 million, utilizing artisans and laborers from India
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  • Ozone Park, New York: Radhika Drebaul and her brother Dennis Jaikaran perform a jhandi ceremony, the dedication of Hindu prayer flags in the Indo-Guyanese tradition, on the anniversary of their monter's death
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  • Mentakab, Malaysia: A British-educated labor lawyer in private practice, A. Sivanesan speaks in temples throughout peninsular Malaysia to raise money for the families of five Hindu activists who were jailed under the Internal Security Act and to encourage Indians and other minorities to stand up for their rights. He later won a seat in parliament as a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), Malaysia’s largest secular minority party.
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  • Labasa, Fiji. Arvendra Kumar and his male relatives wait for his bride
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  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: The 43-meter statue of Lord Murugan, built in 2006, sits at the base of Batu Caves, a mountaintop complex that houses a collection of temples and shrines first built by Indian laborers in the 1890s
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  • Manalapan, New Jersey: Ashok (left) takes a lunch break during the festivities for his 60th birthday.
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  • Tanjong Malim, Malaysia: A Hindu activist addresses a rally for the PAS, the Pan Malaysian Islamic Party. An opposition party, the PAS gained support from Indians and Chinese, most of whom are not Muslims, after the violent crackdown on the protest organized by HINDRAF. Non-Muslims see the PAS as one of several alternatives to the Barisan Nasional (National Front or BN), which has ruled Malaysia since independence and promotes Malay-first policies that discriminate against minorities
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  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy (center) celebrates a puja, a Hindu devotional ceremony, with a priest and relatives, including her father Ram (right). A young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, Hema will perform her bharata natyam arangetram, the public presentation of classical South Indian dance after years of study.
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  • Leicester, United Kingdom: Men play cards at a luncheon club for the elderly, most of whom are from North India and East Africa, which meets weekly at a Hindu temple.
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  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. At a Hindu home for underprivileged boys
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  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy (center) celebrates a puja, a Hindu devotional ceremony, with a priest and relatives, including her father Ram (right). A young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, Hema will perform her bharata natyam arangetram, the public presentation of classical South Indian dance after years of study.
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  • Pearland, Texas: With the priest, brother-in-law Ananth Shankar, and niece Rukmini, Hema Ramaswamy participates in the Hindu ceremonies on stage to mark her father's 60th birthday at the Meenakshi temple on May 9, 2014.
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  • Union City, California | 2014<br />
Yojna Verma performs last rites with the Hindu priest and the hospice nurse for her father Shyam, who was suffering from gall bladder cancer. A popular guide in Delhi for international clients in the 1970s and ’80s, Shyam emigrated to New York in 1986 and became a fine jewelry salesman at Bloomingdale’s department store. He was Bloomingdale’s top-grossing salesman for many years before he retired and moved to California. He died at age 78.
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  • Watsonville, California: Hindu devotees shoot arrows into an effigy of Ravana, the villain of the Ramayana epic, whose destruction every year is part of the festival of Dussehra. The death of Ravana marks the triumph of good over evil.
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  • Hotel linens hang to dry among Hindu shrines in Dhobi Chour, the section of Kathmandu that is home to the caste of washers and others who work in the laundry industry.
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  • Watsonville, California | 2016 <br />
Mount Madonna Center, a yoga center and spiritual retreat founded by Hari Dass, a silent monk who came to the US from India in the early 1970s, celebrates the Hindu festival of Navratri with the ritual destruction of a 12-meter Ravana, the villain of the Ramayana.
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  • A Hindu priest lights candles at a shrine in Dhobi Chour.
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  • Brighton, United Kingdom | 2010<br />
Begun in 1787 and completed in 1823, the Royal Pavilion was the seaside residence for monarchs George IV, William IV, and Victoria. During World War I, it was converted into a military hospital for Indian soldiers wounded while fighting for the British Empire. Separate medical facilities within the structure were provided to accommodate the differing caste and religious sensibilities of Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim soldiers. Today the building and grounds serve as a museum.
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