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A group of Nepalese Hindu devotees warm themselves after taking holy bath in the Triveni River during the month-long Madhav Naryan festival in Panauti village, Nepal, 31 January 2017. The Madhav Narayan festival is a full month-long event devoted to religious fasting, holy bathing and the study of the holy book called the Swasthani, which is dedicated to the God Shiva and Goddess Swastania. A chapter of the story is read each evening by priests or householders to the gathered family. Hundreds of married and unmarried women and dozens of male devotees complete a month-long fast for a better life and peace in the country at various temples. Unmarried women take the fast to attract a suitable husband and married women take the fast in hopes of improving their families' prosperity. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)
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