A Hindu holy man takes a holy bath before praying during Shivratri festival at Pashupatinath temple premises in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, March 11, 2021. Shivratri, or the night of Shiva, is dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of death and destruction. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Sadhu, a holy man in Hinduism, looks on while taking part in a religious rally during the preparations for the annual Hindu festival of Maha Shivratri, at Pashupati Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 09 March 2021. The festival, celebrated on 11 March, sees Hindu devotees from across the country and neighboring India gather to celebrate the birthday of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of creation and destruction, by fasting and offering special prayers. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





A patient gets her eye checked during her follow up after her cataract surgery at an eye camp in Lumbini, 288 kilometers (180 miles) south west of Kathmandu, Nepal, March 31, 2021. Nepal’s “God of Sight” eye doctor renowned for his innovative and inexpensive cataract surgery for the poor is taking his work beyond the Himalayan mountains to other parts of the world so there is no more unnecessary blindness in the world. Ruit, who has won many awards for his work and performed some 130,000 cataract surgery in the past three decades, is aiming to expand his work beyond the borders of his home country and the region to go globally. (Photo by Bikram Rai/AP Photo)





Women take part in a rally demanding tax free pads during the International Women's Day in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 8, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Activists stage a mock funeral during a protest against the growing incidents of violence on women in Kathmandu, Nepal on February 12, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Women boxers fight on a ring during an all-women boxing event organised by Boxmandu Boxing Club on the occasion of International Women’s Day in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 8, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, with tika on his forehead looks on as he sits at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 11, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





People are smeared with coloured powder as they gather to celebrate Holi in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 28, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





People use coloured smoke as they gather to celebrate Holi in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 28, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A man, with his face smeared in coloured powder, wears a protective face mask as he celebrates Holi in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 28, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





People throw coloured powder at each other as they gather to celebrate Holi in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 28, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A devotee is smeared with vermilion powder while celebrating “Sindoor Jatra” vermillion powder festival to welcome the arrival of spring and Nepali new year, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Thimi, in Bhaktapur, Nepal, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





People watch devotees pulling a chariot in Biska Jatra Festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Saturday, April 10, 2021. During this festival, also regarded as Nepalese New Year, images of Hindu god Bhairava and his female counterpart Bhadrakali are enshrined in two large chariots and pulled to an open square after which rituals and festivities are performed. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Sadhu, Hindu holy person, prepares himself by smearing ashes on his body during the Maha Shivaratri festival at the Pashupati Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 11 March 2021. The Maha Shivratri festival, which is celebrated on 11 March, sees Hindu devotees, from across the country and neighboring India, gather to celebrate the birthday of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of creation and destruction, by offering special prayers and fasting. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





An activist performs an act during a protest outside the embassy of Myanmar against the military coup and the ongoing violence in Myanmar, in Kathmandu, Nepal March 5, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





People gather to watch the last sun sets of the year 2077 of the Nepali calendar at single tree hill in Kathmandu, Nepal, 13 April 2021. The Nepalese are celebrating Nepali New Year 2078 which will begin on 14 April 2021 with various function and festival activities amid the risk of coronavirus covid-19 diseases. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





Nepalese man poses for a picture during the “Sindoor Jatra” festival as part of the Bisket Jatra festival in Thimi, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, 15 April 2021. Thousands of Nepalese gathered to celebrate the Bisket Jatra festival despite government request for no gatherings of more than 25 persons due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bisket festival is celebrated to mark the Nepali New Year 2076, especially in the ethnic Newar communities in Bhaktapur. During the festival ethnic newar devotees carry a chariot of Hindu gods and goddesses and smear vermilion-color powder on each other's faces. It is celebrated in hope of protection from all natural calamities and support for a good harvest for the coming year. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





Workers sift through supplies at seven summit trek in Kathmandu, Nepal, 15 March 2021. Record holder Nepalese mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa is attempting to break his own World Record of climbing Everest this spring season for the 25th time. More than 300 hundred foreign climbers are likely to attempt to make the summit of Mt. Everest, 8,848.86 meters, an expedition which will is scheduled to begin from April 2021 for this year, said official from the Nepal Tourism Department. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





An elderly woman receives a dose of Covishield COVID-19 vaccine in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, March 7, 2021. Nepal's Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli took the COVID-19 vaccine Sunday to start the country's campaign to inoculate the elderly population. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)