Nepali Hindu devotees take dip in the Bagmati River making offerings to rising Sun on fourth day of festival of Chatth on November 20, 2023. The festival dedicated to Sun is observed for 4 days in Nepal where people undergo arduous fasting praying and seeking blessings with a wish. Mostly the female members of the family undergo arduous fasting praying for the well-being of the family and long life of their husband. (Photo by Subash Shrestha/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A devotee worships the Sun god on the bank of Bagmati River, during the Hindu religious festival of Chhath in Lalitpur, Nepal on November 19, 2023. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A Nepalese pro-monarchy supporter runs for cover during clashes with the police during a rally in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 23, 2023. Nepalese businessman Durga Prasai organized the pro-monarchy protest rally against Nepal's Federal Democratic Republic system. In May 2008, the current Constitution Assembly declared Nepal as a Federal Democratic Republic, abolishing the 240-year-old monarchy. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





A man who claims that he was not a protester sits inside a police vehicle after being detained from an area where Pro-monarchist protesters had declared to gather for a protest demanding the restoration of Nepal's monarchy, which was abolished in 2008, saying the governments have failed to make any significant changes in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 24, 2023. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Used tea cups are discarded by the road side as devotees walk during Bala Chaturdashi festival at the Pashupatinath temple premises in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, December 11, 2023. Bala Chaturdashi is celebrated in memory of departed family members by lighting oil lamps and scattering seven types of grains along a prescribed route. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A traditional masked dancer performs during “Pachali Bhairav” dance festival in Kathmandu on December 15, 2023. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Phoot)





Students take selfies after their convocation ceremony of the Tribhuvan University, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, December 18, 2023. The constitution of Nepal has mandated the provision of free and compulsory basic and secondary education. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





An elderly woman offers prayers at a church on Christmas in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, December 25, 2023. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Devotees gather to pray in front of an idol of the Hindu god Kaal Bhairav at Durbar Square in Kathmandu on December 26, 2023. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Members of the Nepali ethnic Newar community participate in a procession to mark “Jyapu Day” celebrations that marks the end of the harvest season, in Kathmandu on December 26, 2023. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A girl watches the members of Nepali ethnic Newar community participating in “Jyapu Day” celebrations that marks the end of the harvest season, in Kathmandu on December 26, 2023. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A vendor carrying cotton candies heads toward the Tamu Lhosar celebration parade, a New Year festival of the Gurung community in Kathmandu, Nepal on December 31, 2023. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Members of the indigenous Gurung community wearing traditional attire dance on the occasion of 'Tamu Lhosar' festival marking the commencement of Gurung new year in Kathmandu on December 31, 2023. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A man dressed as a sheep takes part in a parade to celebrate Tamu Lhosar, a New Year festival of the Gurung community in Kathmandu, Nepal on December 31, 2023. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Gurung community men in traditional attire participate in a parade to mark their New Year known as “Tamu Loshar” in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, December 31, 2023. The indigenous Gurungs, also known as Tamu, are celebrating the advent of the year of the Eagle. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A mahout climbs on an elephant with the help of its trunk at the Chitwan National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Chitwan district, Nepal on December 31, 2023. The Chitwan National Park, according to UNESCO, is home to one of the last populations of single-horned rhinos and also one of the last refuges of the Bengal Tiger. The park was granted the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





Members of the indigenous Gurung community wearing traditional attire dance on the occasion of “Tamu Lhosar” festival marking the commencement of Gurung new year in Kathmandu on December 31, 2023. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Handcuffed controversial spiritual leader Ram Bahadur Bomjan is seen during the press conference at Central Investigation Bureau after he was arrested in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, January 10, 2024. Nepal's police arrested the spiritual leader believed by many to be reincarnation of Buddha on charges he sexually assaulted a minor and is suspected of his involvement in disappearances of at least four of his followers from his camps, officials said Wednesday. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Nepalese man conducts a Pooja after taking a holy dip in the Bagmati River to commemorate his deceased parents as he observes the Krishna Aushi Festival at the Uttargaya shrine, near Kathmandu, Nepal, 11 January 2024. On this day sons and daughters express gratitude to their deceased parents by performing puja, offering food for the departed souls and praying for their eternal peace. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





Monkeys climb on a lamp post at Pashupatinath in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, January 12, 2024. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)