aA devotee offers prayers by lying down at the premises of Bhramayani Temple during the tenth day of the Hindu festival Dasain in Bhaktapur. Hindus in Nepal sacrifice animals, worship the Goddess Durga and celebrate victory over evil during the festival as part of celebrations held throughout ...
By the Middle Ages in Scandinavia, runes came to be used occasionally to record Latin incriptions (approximately 10% of all medieval runic inscriptions are Latin) and these usually invocations of saints or prayers. Occasionally runes are found on various wooden items such as crosses. In Bergen,...