Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Communal blessing ceremony for the exhibition Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain, on view from April 30 to September 18, 2022. Led by two monks from the Cambodian Buddhist temple Watt Buddhacheya Mongkol in Woodbridge, Virginia, the ceremony uses practices such as chanting, sprinkling water, and specific hand gestures to confer protection and good luck.

Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain
https://asia.si.edu/exhibition/revealing-krishna-journey-to-the-sacred-mountain/