"Pure" Buddhists may not believe in a God. But in many areas, Buddhism has absorbed elements of the local culture, including gods. This is especially true with Chinese and Thai Buddhists. Chinese Buddhists have made the Bodhisattva Avalotikeshvara into Guan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy, a mother Goddess figure to whom many Chinese pray. In Thailand, whose state religion is Buddhism, there are shrines to a number of local Gods, to whom people make offerings. Hindu Gods are also found in some of these shrines.
Here is one in Bangkok with a statue of Lord Shiva.
So "pure" Buddhists may not believe in God, but many Buddhists make prayers and supplications to a variety of different Gods.
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