A priest helps a devotee to make offerings to the departed soul during the Bala Chaturdashi festival on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 30, 2024. Photo: Xinhua

People observe the Bala Chaturdashi festival on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. 

Hindu devotees celebrate the festival in memory of departed family members by lighting oil lamps a whole night and scattering seven types of grains in the early morning at the temple.

Devotees are seen on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple for the Bala Chaturdashi festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 30, 2024. Photo: Xinhua

 

Devotees gather and scatter seven types of grains as a tradition to observe the Bala Chaturdashi festival on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 30, 2024. Photo: Xinhua

 

Devotees gather and scatter seven types of grains as a tradition to observe the Bala Chaturdashi festival on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 30, 2024. Photo: Xinhua

 

A woman scatters seven types of grains as a tradition to observe the Bala Chaturdashi festival on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 30, 2024. Photo: Xinhua