Global Hindu Footprint - Spread Beyond India

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A Thai customer walks past Buddha statues at a shop in Bangkok July 9, 2006. Asanha Bucha Day, the anniversary of Buddha's first sermon, will be celebrated in Thailand on Monday. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)

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A Buddhist monk from the Jade Buddha Temple reads a book on commercial law in the Shanghai Jiaotong University September 12, 2005. Shanghai's Jade Buddha Temple commissioned Jiaotong University to design a degree focusing on monastery management, to help its monks mix business with prayer. (China Newsphoto/Reuters)

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Ramayana Festival : Cambodian dancers perform a Hindu religious drama, Ramayana, during the International Ramayana Festival as a part of Bali Art Festival in Denpasar, on Bali island. (AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka)