Nepalese Hindu devotees offer prayers while dipping half of their bodies into the Hanumante river during Madhav Narayan Festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Tuesday, January 2, 2018. During the festival devotees recite holy scriptures dedicated to the Hindu goddess Swasthani and Lord Shiva. Unmarried women pray to find a good husband while those married pray for the longevity of their husbands by observing a month-long fast. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepalese devotees warm themselves after taking a holy dip in the Hanumante river during Madhav Narayan Festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Tuesday, January 2, 2018. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A farmer waits for the customer to sell vegetables in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Friday, December 15, 2017. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepalese devotees warm themselves before taking a holy dip in the Hanumante river during the Madhav Narayan Festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Tuesday, January 2, 2018. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Novice monks write on the wall of a temple during the Shree Panchami festival, dedicated to the goddess of education, Saraswati in Kathmandu, Nepal on January 21, 2018. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A Nepalese Hindu devotee rolls on the ground as others wait to perform rituals on the last day of Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Wednesday, January 31, 2018. During the festival, devotees recite holy scriptures dedicated to Hindu goddess Swasthani and Lord Shiva. Unmarried women pray to get a good husband while those married pray for the longevity of their husbands by observing a month-long fast. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepalese women stand and wait on a queue to cast their vote during the legislative elections in Thimi, Bhaktapur, Nepal, Thursday, December 7, 2017. Millions of people in Nepal are voting in the final phase of elections for members of the national and provincial assemblies. About 12 million voters in the southern half of the Himalayan nation are voting Thursday. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Nepalese policeman stands guard as a man waits outside a polling station to cast his vote during the legislative elections in Thimi, Bhaktapur, Nepal, Thursday, December 7, 2017. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





In this January 15, 2018, photo, Nepalese people gather to watch bulls fight during the Maghe Sankranti bull fight festival in Taruka, Nuwakot, 60 kilometers (37 miles) east of the capital, Kathmandu, Nepal. In this sleepy mountain village in Nepal, bulls face off for one day every year, locking horns in a quest for victory and prize money. For most of the year these bulls’ lives are easy. They don’t pull plows or wagons. They are fed eggs, rice, corn and butter milk. Then, for one day they fight, lowering their heads and locking horns as thousands of people cheer from the hillsides. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepalese devotees wait to offer prayer during Madhav Narayan Festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Tuesday, January 2, 2018. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A devotee offers an oil lamp as she offers prayer to the rising sun during the “Chhath” festival at Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal on October 27, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A devotee looks at the camera as she offers prayers to the setting sun during the “Chhath” festival at Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal on October 26, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A farmer harvests rice on a field at Khokana in Lalitpur, Nepal October 30, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A police personnel stands guard near the polling station at Hanumandhoka Durbar Square, a day ahead of the parliamentary and provincial elections in Kathmandu, Nepal on December 6, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A worker stack bricks on his head at a brick factory in Bhaktapur, Nepal January 12, 2018. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees offer prayers before taking a holy bath in the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath Temple during the Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, January 16, 2018. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A Nepalese man checks his name on the voters list during the legislative elections in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Thursday, December 7, 2017. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepalese devotees listen to the (unseen) Hindu priest reciting a chapter from the Swasthani Brata Katha book during the Madhav Narayan Festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Tuesday, January 2, 2018. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A devotee sprinkles water, considered holy, while being carried around the town in a vessel as part of rituals during the Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Thecho, Lalitpur, Nepal January 28, 2018. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Nepalese women hold coconuts and offer prayers to the setting sun on the banks of the Bagmati River during the Chhath Puja festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, October 26, 2017. During Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival, rituals are performed to thank the Sun God for sustaining life on earth. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Nepalese devotee walks towards the Bagmati river to perform rituals during Gaya Aunsi Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, December 18, 2017. In this festival, people gather and perform holy rituals to offer prayers and pay tribute to the deceased family member. Also, believed that doing this will help departed soul to find the way to the heaven. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Nepalese worker splashes color offered by devotees, a ritual done on auspicious days, at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, October 30, 2017. Baudhnath Stupa is an important pilgrimage site for the Buddhists. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepalese Hindu devotees offer prayers along the banks of the Hanumante river during the Madhav Narayan Festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Tuesday, January 2, 2018. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)