Nepalese Hindu devotees offer a prayer on the bank of Hanumante River during during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Monday, February 22, 2016. During this month-long 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)





A devotee holding a conch offers prayers to the rising sun during the final day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, February 22, 2016. During the month long festival, devotees recite one chapter of a Hindu tale daily from the 31-chapter sacred Swasthani Brata Katha book that is dedicated to God Madhavnarayan and Goddess Swasthani, alongside various other gods and goddess and the miraculous feats performed by them. The devotees also go on pilgrimages to various temples, perform religious rituals, take a holy bath in the rivers and fast for a month, especially among women who believe fasting helps in their family's well-being or in getting them a good husband. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees offer prayers by rolling on the street during the final day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, February 22, 2016. (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 22, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees offer prayers by rolling on the street during the final day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, February 22, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Feet of devotees are pictured as they offer prayers by rolling on the street during the final day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, February 22, 2016. (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 22, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees offer prayers by rolling on the street during the final day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, February 22, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A devotee walks out from the Hanumante River after taking a holy bath during the final day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, February 22, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees offer prayers along the bank of Hanumante River during the final day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, February 22, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Light from a butter lamp illuminates a devotee as she offers prayers along the bank of Hanumante River during the final day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, February 22, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Nepalese Hindu devotees take part in a bathing ritual on the last day of the month-long Swasthani Festival in the Hanumante River at Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on February 22, 2016. Devotees mark the Swasthani Festival with fasting, and with women in particular undertaking rituals in the hope of a prosperous life for her family and conjugal happiness. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)