| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
|
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A series of bronze statues in a street near the city centre.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
|
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Bronze sculptures of people and a sun symbol.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
|
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Bronze of a Kurdish dance.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
|
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The Kurdish dancers are depicted in traditional costume.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
|
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Bronze sculptures of a gate and tools.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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The city has a quirky Illusion Museum.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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Copy of a work by Escher.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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Fun mirrors.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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Cat becomes dog on rotation.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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Man with collar becomes man with hat on rotation.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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Owl with fruit becomes fox with fruit on rotation.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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Smiling man becomes a bald man on rotation.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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Maze with mirrors.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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Kaleidoscope.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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Rotating tunnel.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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Impossible shapes.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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Rotated room.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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Rotated room.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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Trick room.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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Trick room.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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Multiple images.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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Head on a platter illusion.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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The cut up companion illusion.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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A and B are the same colour.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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A and B are the same height.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
Site / Event : Illusion Museum
|
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A and B are the same length.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Duhok
|
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Kurdish flag.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
|
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The countryside South of Duhok.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
|
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The Hurke Mosque is next to a lorry and car stop.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
|
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Rolling hills.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
|
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The land is fertile in Kurdistan.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
|
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Gas field near Lalish.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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The temple at Lalish is in a narrow valley overlooking a gas field.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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The temple at Lalish is the holiest site for the minority Yazidi religion.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Pilgrims walking to the temple complex.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Three girls wearing traditional Yazidi dress.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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The temple is at the end of a remote canyon.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Adam's Spring
|
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Adam's Spring where Yazidis believe Adam was created.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Adam's Spring
|
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Collecting holy water.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Adam's Spring
|
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The spring is sacred to Yazidis.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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The Yazidis believe in a single god, angels, the four elements and baptism and pray towards the Sun.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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The Yazidi religion has elements of Islam, Christianity and Zoroastrinism.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Lalish was founded c500 BCE but the current shrine dates from the 12th century.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Three young men.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Families.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Father and son.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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All Yazidis are expected to make a six day pilgrimage to Lalish at least once in their lives.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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The shrine is on many levels among the rocks.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Yazidis are considered heretics by Muslims and thousands were killed by ISIS.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Two men.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Sun and moon.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Conical domes are typical of Yazidi architecture.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Entrance to one of the chambers topped by a snake image.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Snake and Sun.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Girls posing for photos.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Two boys.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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The shrine is built around several caves.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Stone chamber with lamp.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Man sitting.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Woman setting up her children for a photograph.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Cloisters.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Two men.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Sun symbol.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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A group of men.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Pathway between levels.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Sign of the peacock, a common image on Yazidi temples.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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A group of men.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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A group of young girls being photographed in the main courtyard.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Courtyard view.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Small shrine in the main courtyard.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Woman by an ancient tree.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Three girls.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Mir Gate
|
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Family outside the Mir Gate.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Mir Gate
|
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The decorated Mir Gate.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Mir Gate
|
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Kurdish inscription and peacocks above the gate.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Mir Gate
|
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The gate leads to a smaller courtyard next to the main shrine.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Cloistered courtyard.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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The main shrine.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Temple guardians.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Man smoking.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Newly married couple.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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The entarnce to the main shrine.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Entering the main shrine by stepping over the door lintel.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Sun symbols above the entrance to the main shrine.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Detail of Sun symbol and peacock.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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The tomb of Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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The Sheikh was born in Baalbec (Lebanon) in the 1070s and died in Lalish in 1162.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Cave of Jars
|
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The unique Cave of Jars.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Cave of Jars
|
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The cave is often packed with people.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Cave of Jars
|
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Woman in the cave.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Cave of Jars
|
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The jars are ancient and have olive oil added.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Cave of Jars
|
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Pilgrims place their hands in the jars and leave a palm print on the wall.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Cave of Jars
|
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Handprints.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Cave of Jars
|
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Six men.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Cave of Jars
|
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Two women.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Cave of Jars
|
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Tossing a cloth. If it lands on the ledge the thrower is granted a wish.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
|
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Zamzam spring.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Mir Gate
|
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A group of girls in the Mir Gate.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Mir Gate
|
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A group of pilgrims.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Lalish
Site / Event : Mir Gate
|
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Visitors to the shrine.
|
2022 |
were added from 1 February 2025.