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Devotees gather around oil lamps as they perform religious ritual at Pashupatinath Temple, during the Bala Chaturdashi festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 27, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

Devotees gather around oil lamps as they perform religious ritual at Pashupatinath Temple, during the Bala Chaturdashi festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 27, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)



Devotees gather around oil lamps as they perform religious ritual at Pashupatinath Temple, during the Bala Chaturdashi festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 27, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

Devotees gather around oil lamps as they perform religious ritual at Pashupatinath Temple, during the Bala Chaturdashi festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 27, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)



A mixture of seven types of grains known as “sat biu” is on sale at Pashupatinath Temple during the Bala Chaturdashi festival in Kathmandu, Nepal November 27, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A mixture of seven types of grains known as “sat biu” is on sale at Pashupatinath Temple during the Bala Chaturdashi festival in Kathmandu, Nepal November 27, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)



Devotees holding oil lamps perform religious ritual on the bank of Bagmati River flowing through the premises of Pashupatinath Temple, during the Bala Chaturdashi festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 28, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

Devotees holding oil lamps perform religious ritual on the bank of Bagmati River flowing through the premises of Pashupatinath Temple, during the Bala Chaturdashi festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 28, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)



Devotees holding oil lamps perform religious ritual on the bank of Bagmati River flowing through the premises of Pashupatinath Temple, during the Bala Chaturdashi festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 28, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

Devotees holding oil lamps perform religious ritual on the bank of Bagmati River flowing through the premises of Pashupatinath Temple, during the Bala Chaturdashi festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 28, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)



Devotees holding oil lamps perform religious ritual on the bank of Bagmati River flowing through the premises of Pashupatinath Temple, during the Bala Chaturdashi festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 28, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

Devotees holding oil lamps perform religious ritual on the bank of Bagmati River flowing through the premises of Pashupatinath Temple, during the Bala Chaturdashi festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 28, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)



Oil lamps offered by devotees illuminate the Bagmati River flowing through the premises of the Pashupatinath Temple during the Bala Chaturdashi festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, November 28, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

Oil lamps offered by devotees illuminate the Bagmati River flowing through the premises of the Pashupatinath Temple during the Bala Chaturdashi festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, November 28, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)



Devotees holding oil lamps perform religious ritual on the bank of Bagmati River flowing through the premises of Pashupatinath Temple, during the Bala Chaturdashi festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 28, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

Devotees holding oil lamps perform religious ritual on the bank of Bagmati River flowing through the premises of Pashupatinath Temple, during the Bala Chaturdashi festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 28, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)



A devotee (C) performs religious ritual on the bank of Bagmati River flowing through the premises of Pashupatinath Temple, during the Bala Chaturdashi festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 28, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A devotee (C) performs religious ritual on the bank of Bagmati River flowing through the premises of Pashupatinath Temple, during the Bala Chaturdashi festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 28, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)



Nepalese Hindu devotees offer oil lamps in the Bagmati River as they observe the festival of Bala Chaturdashi in the early morning hours at the Pashupati Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 28 November 2016. Seven kinds of seeds – paddy, barley, sesame, wheat, gram, maize and finger millet – are sown around the temple premises in the name of loved ones departed during the last three years, in the belief that the departed souls will receive salvation. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha)

Nepalese Hindu devotees offer oil lamps in the Bagmati River as they observe the festival of Bala Chaturdashi in the early morning hours at the Pashupati Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 28 November 2016. Seven kinds of seeds – paddy, barley, sesame, wheat, gram, maize and finger millet – are sown around the temple premises in the name of loved ones departed during the last three years, in the belief that the departed souls will receive salvation. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha)
05 Dec 2016 11:28:00