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  fingered citron as Buddhist offering

 

Vietnam

Fingered citrons, i.e. the inedible lemon-like citrus fruits, with segmented, finger-like sections (fig.) and nicknamed ‘Buddha's hands’, here used as a religious offering in a Buddhist temple in Hanoi.

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