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Rishi Panchami festival marked in Kathmandu, Nepal
Published: Sep 09, 2024 08:41 AM
Hindu women perform a ritual in the Bagmati River during Rishi Panchami festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 8, 2024. Rishi Panchami festival marks the end of the three-day Teej festival when women worship Sapta Rishi (Seven Saints) and pray for health for their husband while unmarried women wish for handsome husband and happy conjugal lives. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

Hindu women perform a ritual in the Bagmati River during Rishi Panchami festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 8, 2024. Rishi Panchami festival marks the end of the three-day Teej festival when women worship Sapta Rishi (Seven Saints) and pray for health for their husband while unmarried women wish for handsome husband and happy conjugal lives. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)


 
A Hindu woman offers a prayer in the Bagmati River during Rishi Panchami festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 8, 2024. Rishi Panchami festival marks the end of the three-day Teej festival when women worship Sapta Rishi (Seven Saints) and pray for health for their husband while unmarried women wish for handsome husband and happy conjugal lives. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

A Hindu woman offers a prayer in the Bagmati River during Rishi Panchami festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 8, 2024. Rishi Panchami festival marks the end of the three-day Teej festival when women worship Sapta Rishi (Seven Saints) and pray for health for their husband while unmarried women wish for handsome husband and happy conjugal lives. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)


 
A Hindu woman takes a ritual bath in the Bagmati River during Rishi Panchami festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 8, 2024. Rishi Panchami festival marks the end of the three-day Teej festival when women worship Sapta Rishi (Seven Saints) and pray for health for their husband while unmarried women wish for handsome husband and happy conjugal lives. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

A Hindu woman takes a ritual bath in the Bagmati River during Rishi Panchami festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 8, 2024. Rishi Panchami festival marks the end of the three-day Teej festival when women worship Sapta Rishi (Seven Saints) and pray for health for their husband while unmarried women wish for handsome husband and happy conjugal lives. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)


 
A Hindu woman performs a ritual in the Bagmati River during Rishi Panchami festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 8, 2024. Rishi Panchami festival marks the end of the three-day Teej festival when women worship Sapta Rishi (Seven Saints) and pray for health for their husband while unmarried women wish for handsome husband and happy conjugal lives. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

A Hindu woman performs a ritual in the Bagmati River during Rishi Panchami festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 8, 2024. Rishi Panchami festival marks the end of the three-day Teej festival when women worship Sapta Rishi (Seven Saints) and pray for health for their husband while unmarried women wish for handsome husband and happy conjugal lives. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)