Nepalese Hindu devotees prepare to take part in a mass bathing ritual during the month-long Swasthani Festival in Changu Narayan at Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on February 8, 2017. Hundreds of married and unmarried women in the Himalayan nation are marking the month-long fast in the hope of a prosperous life and conjugal happiness. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A devotee covers herself with a shawl after taking a bath in the woods of Changu Narayan in Bhaktapur, Nepal February 8, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees gather while performing religious rituals during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival in the woods of Changu Narayan in Bhaktapur, Nepal February 8, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees walk through the woods of Changu Narayan as they arrive to perform rituals and prayers during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal February 8, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees gather while performing religious rituals during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival in the woods of Changu Narayan in Bhaktapur, Nepal February 8, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees gather while performing religious rituals during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival in the woods of Changu Narayan in Bhaktapur, Nepal February 8, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A devotee carrying hay walks through the woods of Changu Narayan as she arrives to perform rituals and prayers during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal February 8, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees gather while performing religious rituals during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival in the woods of Changu Narayan in Bhaktapur, Nepal February 8, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A devotee walks along the woods of Changu Narayan as she arrives to perform rituals and prayers during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal February 8, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees walk through the woods of Changu Narayan as they arrive to perform rituals and prayers during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal February 8, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A devotee sits along the woods of Changu Narayan during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal February 8, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A devotee prepares to perform religious rituals during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival in the woods of Changu Narayan in Bhaktapur, Nepal February 8, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees offer prayers by taking a bath in the Hanumante River, on the final day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal February 10, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees offer prayers by taking a bath in the Hanumante River, on the final day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal February 10, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees offer prayers by rolling near the bank of the Hanumante River during the final day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal February 10, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





The feet of devotees are pictured as they stand on the bank of the Hanumante River during a month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal February 10, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees offer prayers as they stand on the bank of the Hanumante River during the final day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal February 10, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees offer prayers as they stand on the bank of the Hanumante River during the final day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal February 10, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)