Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday as people lit incense to ...

Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday as people lit incense to ...

They gave a small donation for a bundle of incense sticks and lit them ... a historic Tibetan Buddhist institution that draws large crowds on the first day of every lunar year.

This led to a scuffle where multiple individuals apparently attacked the volunteer, even using burning incense sticks. The incident took place in the early hours of Jan 29, the first day of Chinese ...

Most Indian homes are used to incense sticks and dhoop being burned, and the fragrance fills every corner. Since time immemorial, burning incense sticks and dhoop has been part of our culture.

A man holding incense sticks prays on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Lama Temple in Beijing on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) ...

The earliest to get their incense sticks and prayers in are believed to stand the best chance of having them answered. Similar scenes played out after daylight in the morning at the Lama Temple in ...

Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield on Wednesday — ...