Nepalese sculpture maker Shyam Narayan Pandit, 54, gives finishing touches to a statute of Biswakarma, god of craftsman and architects on the eve of Biswakarma Puja festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, September 16, 2018. Pandit’s family has been making idols of various deities for generations. The price of idols varies anywhere from USD 30 to 70. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A one-horned rhino walks on the street of Sauraha, a tourism hub in southwest Nepal’s Chitwan district on July 10, 2018. (Photo by Sunil Sharma/Xinhua News Agency/Alamy Stock Photo)





A Nepalese harvester works during rice harvesting at a field in Lalipur, Nepal, 24 October 2018. For Nepal, a land locked country, agriculture remains an important economic activity, with wheat and rice being the main food crops. (Photo by Hritik Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





In this October 5, 2011 file photo, Hindu devotees watch a buffalo being butchered outside Taleju temple, open to public only once a year, during Dasain festival in Katmandu, Nepal. During the 15-day Dasain festival that began Oct. 10, 2018, in the Himalayan country, families fly kites, host feasts and visit temples, where tens of thousands of goats, buffaloes, chickens and ducks are sacrificed to please the gods and goddesses as part of a practice that dates back centuries. Animal rights groups are hoping to stop – or at least reduce – the slaughter, using this year’s campaign as a practice run to combat a much larger animal sacrifice set for next year at the quinquennial Gadhimai festival. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Nepalese Hindu woman offers a prayer during the holy month of Shrawan dedicated to lord Shiva at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, July 23, 2018. During this holy month Hindu people fast and worships lord Shiva. Unmarried Hindu women pray for a good husband while married women pray for the welfare and longevity of their husbands. (Photo by NIranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





In this October 16, 2018, photo, young mask dancers help to divide the meat of a sacrificial buffalo to distribute among the dancers in Bhaktapur, Nepal. For centuries, Nepal has celebrated the Indra Jatra festival of masked dancers, which officially begins the month-long festivities in the Hindu-dominated Himalyan nation. The dancers, who come from a variety of backgrounds, pull off this performance every year despite minimal financial support from the government and other sources, they say. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





In this October 16, 2018, photo, masks used for dances in Indra Jatra Festival are hung in a room at Bhaktapur, Nepal. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





In this October 10, 2018, photo, Bibek Machamasi, mask dancer and wood carver works at a workshop in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





In this September 22, 2018, photo, mask dancers perform during Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





In this October 16, 2018, photo, a Nepalese butcher gets ready to sacrifice a buffalo in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





In this September 23, 2018, photo, dancers pose for photographs wearing the mask of god Betal in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepalese veteran Sherpa guide, Kami Rita, 48, waves as he arrives in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 20, 2018. Rita, scaled Mount Everest on Wednesday morning May 16 for the 22nd time, setting the record for most climbs of the world's highest mountain, officials said. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Friends and family wait to welcome Nepalese veteran Sherpa guide, Kami Rita, 48, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 20, 2018. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Priest looks out from the temple of Swet Bhairabh in Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. Basantapur Durbar Square is the plaza in front of the royal palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site, frequented by tourists. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Mannequins are displayed outside a clothing shop in Kathmandu, Nepal July 18, 2018. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A devotee offers prayers by lighting a lamp at Pashupatinath temple to mark the Shrawan Sombar festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, July 23, 2018. The festival lasts for a month, during which devotees fast and worship Lord Shiva to pray for happiness for their families. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A girl stands near the burning lamps to keep herself warm as she takes part in the “Bol Bom” (Say Shiva) pilgrimage in Kathmandu, Nepal, July 30, 2018. The faithful, chanting the name of Lord Shiva, trek about 15 km (9 miles) toward Pashupatinath temple seeking good health, wealth and happiness. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





People carry an effigy of the demon Ghantakarna, as another effigy of a demon is burnt to symbolize the destruction of evil and belief to drive evil spirits and ghost, during the Ghantakarna festival at the ancient city of Bhaktapur, Nepal August 9, 2018. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A boy cools off under a waterfall at Tokha, outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal on August 20, 2018. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A young Hindu priest takes a holy bath as part of a ritual during the Janai Purnima, or Sacred Thread, festival at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal August 26, 2018. Hindus take holy baths and change their sacred threads, also known as janai, for protection and purification during the festival. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





People gather to observe the Indra Jatra Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal September 24, 2018. The annual festival, named after Indra, the god of rain and heaven, is celebrated by worshipping, rejoicing, singing, dancing and feasting in Kathmandu Valley to mark the end of monsoon season. Indra, the living goddess Kumari and other deities are worshipped during the festival. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A woman picks marigold flowers, used to make garlands and offer prayers, before selling them to the market for the Tihar festival, also called Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 4, 2018. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A Nepalese's body builder applies tan cream on her body before taking part in the first round of the Mr Kathmandu bodybuilding championship in Kathmandu, Nepal, 07 September 2018. Total of five women and more than one hundred men from across the country took part in the body building championship qualifiers. The Mr. Kathmandu will win Nrs. 1 Lakh (USD 1000/-) and woman winner will get Nrs. 30,000/- (USD 300/-) . The final round of the championship will take place on 08 September. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





A Nepalese farmer harvests paddy in Chaukot, outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, October 30, 2018. Agriculture is the main source of food, income, and employment for the majority of people in this Himalayan nation. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Sunlight illuminates Swayambhunath stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, June 6, 2018. Swayambhunath stupa is an ancient religious complex atop a hill also known as the monkey temple. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Family members of Nepalese guides cry as bodies of those killed in Gurja Himal mountain arrive at the Teaching hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, October 14, 2018. Rescuers retrieved the bodies of five South Korean climbers and their four Nepalese guides from Gurja Himal mountain, where they were killed when their base camp was swept by a strong storm. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Officials unload the bodies after a helicopter carrying bodies of those killed in Gurja Himal mountain arrives at the Teaching hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, October 14, 2018. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Family members of Nepalese guides cry as bodies of those killed in Gurja Himal mountain arrive at the Teaching hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, October 14, 2018. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A helicopter carrying bodies of those killed in Gurja Himal mountain arrives at the Teaching hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, October 14, 2018. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepali army personnel stand guard before the arrival of heads of state for the 4th Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit, at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on August 29, 2018. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A Nepalese woman collects Makhmali flowers, an auspicious flower for the Diwali, also known as Tihar festival, in the village of Ichangu, Kathmandu, Nepal, 02 November 2018. The Makhmali flower is mostly used for garlands to worship gods and animals during the Tihar festival. Starting from 05 November 2018, the five-day festival is the second major event for Nepalese Hindus. During the celebrations, people worship crows, considered to be messengers of human beings, dogs, repaying the love towards man's best friend and cow, considered as incarnation of Lord Laxmi, God of Wealth. (Photo by Hritik Shrestha/EPA/EFE)