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1,000 Buddhist candles in St. Petersburg

1,000 Buddhist candles in St. Petersburg

Alexei Danichev / RIA Novosti

Monks celebrate the Buddhist holiday Zula Khural ("Festival of Thousand Candles") at St. Petersburg's Datsan Gunzechoinei.

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December 9, 2015
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