Devotees carry a chariot with Hindu God Bhimshen through Durbar square during the “Bhimsen Jatra” festival in Lalitpur on August 20, 2022. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A Hindu devotee takes a holy bath on the banks of the Bagmati River on the occasion of Rishi Panchami at the end of the three-day long Teej Festival, in which Hindu women fast during the day and pray for the long lives for their husbands, in Kathmandu on September 1, 2022. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Hindu devotees offer prayers on the banks of the Bagmati River on the occasion of Rishi Panchami at the end of the three-day long Teej Festival, in which Hindu women fast during the day and pray for the long lives for their husbands, in Kathmandu on September 1, 2022. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A group of women take a ritual holy bath to purify themselves to mark the Rishi Panchami festival, at Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal, 01 September 2022. During Rishi Panchami, Nepalese women take a ritual bath in holy rivers and worship the ancient Sapta Rishi (seven saints), who devoted their life to the welfare of the society. However, some women practice this ancient ritual to ask for forgiveness for any errors committed during the end of their menstual cycle. In the Hindu religion, menstruation is viewed as a symbol of impurity and women are not supposed to take part in religious practices and sеxual activities during their periods. Thus, it is believed that Rishi Panchami is the occasion to wash off one's impurity for the whole year. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A traditional Nepali masked dancer adjusts his mask after performing on the first day of the Indra Jatra festival at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu on September 7, 2022. 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 the monsoon season. Indra, the living goddess Kumari and other deities are worshipped during the festival. (Photo by Prabin Ranabhat/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





The parents of a little girl painting her forehead with a red paint to resemble the third eye of Living Goddess Kumari, which is believed to destroy all the evil in the world, at Basantapur Durbar Square, one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, on Thursday, September 8, 2022. Kumari Puja is a mass worship of little girls on the occasion of Indra Jatra, one of the the biggest religious street festival in Kathmandu. (Photo by Amit Machamasi/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A Nepalese girl wearing traditional attire looks on while attending the Kumari Puja, a baby girl mass worship ceremony at Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, 08 September 2022. Hundreds of girls under the age of nine from across the country gathered for the mass worship, believing in protection from evil and good luck in the future. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A girl dressed as a Kumari, a living goddess, runs after pigeons before taking part in “Kumari Puja” rituals at the Hanuman Dhoka in Durbar Square in Kathmandu on September 8, 2022. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A woman drinks homemade alcohol poured from the mouth of an idol of “Swet Bhairab” during the annual Indra Jatra festival to worship Indra, Kumari and other deities and to mark the end of monsoon season in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 11, 2022. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Boys with their painted faces pose before performing in a play during the Indra Jatra festival at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu on September 12, 2022. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





An All Nepal Pest Control worker sprays insecticide to kill mosquitoes and prevent an outbreak of dengue fever in Kathmandu, Nepal, 16 September 2022. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the disease has spread in 75 out of 77 districts of Nepal. A dozen people have died from dengue so far, while over 10,000 infections have been reported across the country. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A Nepali sherpa guide who survived an avalanche at a lower elevation on the world's eighth-highest mountain Mount Manaslu is taken for treatment after being flown to a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, September 27, 2022. The avalanche swept several climbers, killing a Nepali guide and injuring other climbers. Rescuers are also searching Tuesday for Hilaree Nelson, a famed U.S. ski mountaineer a day after she fell off the mountain near the peak. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Jim Morrison carries the body of his partner and famed U.S. extreme skier, Hilaree Nelson, from a helicopter at a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, September 28, 2022. Nelson, 49, was skiing down from the 8,163-meter (26,775-foot) summit of Mount Manaslu with her partner, Jim Morrison, on Monday when she fell off the mountain. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A boy plays on a swing made from bamboo during Dashain, the country’s biggest religious Hindu festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 28, 2022. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Soldiers fire cannons during the Fulpati Parade held to mark the seventh day of the Nepali Hindu festival “Dashain” in Kathmandu on October 2, 2022. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A baby is marked with tika, a mixture of rice, yogurt and vermilion, as a blessing from elders on Bijaya Dashami, the main day of the Dashain festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal on October 5, 2022. (Photo by Amit Machamasi/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A farmer returns home after harvesting paddy at Bhaktapur, Nepal, Monday, October 17, 2022. Agriculture is the main source of food, income, and employment for the majority of people in Nepal. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A farmers reacts to the camera as she noticed being photographed while harvesting paddy at Bhaktapur, Nepal, Monday, October 17, 2022. Agriculture is the main source of food, income, and employment for the majority of people in Nepal. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A potter makes earthen lamps for the upcoming Tihar festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Friday, October 21, 2022. During the five-day festival, also known as Yama panchak and similar to the Indian festival of Diwali, Hindus decorate their houses and worship Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, and various animals like the crow, dog, cow and ox during the festival of lights. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A woman releases a lantern from a hilltop during the Tihar festival, the Hindu festival of lights in Kathmandu, Nepal on October 23, 2022. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)