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A devotee offers milk while praying in a temple on the occasion of Buddha Purnima festival in Kolkata, India, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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A Buddhist prays in a temple on the occasion of Buddha Purnima festival in Kolkata, India, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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A decorator arranges flowers around the statue of Buddha at a temple on the occasion of Buddha Purnima festival in Kolkata, India, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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A Buddhist monk circumambulates the Boudhanath stupa during Buddha Jayanti, also known as Buddha Purnima festival, to celebrate Buddha's birthday, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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Nepalese devotees light butter lamps during Buddha Jayanti, also known as Buddha Purnima festival, to celebrate Buddha's birthday, in Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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Devotees fly lanterns during the commemoration of Vesak, which marks the day of Buddha's birth, death and enlightenment at the 9th-century Borobudur Temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, late Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)
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Buddhist monks walk around the 9th-century Borobudur Temple during the commemoration of Vesak, which marks the day of Buddha's birth, death and enlightenment, in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, early Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)
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Buddhist monks walk around the 9th-century Borobudur Temple during the commemoration of Vesak, which marks the day of Buddha's birth, death and enlightenment, in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, early Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)
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Devotees fly lanterns during the commemoration of Vesak, which marks the day of Buddha's birth, death and enlightenment at the 9th-century Borobudur Temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, late Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)
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