Masked dancers perform a traditional dance during Indra Jatra festival, an eight-day festival that honors Indra, the Hindu god of rain, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, September 13, 2019. During this festival, families gather for feasts and at shrines to light incense for the dead, and men and boys in colorful masks and gowns representing Hindu deities dance to the beat of traditional music and devotees' drums, drawing tens of thousands of spectators to the city's old streets. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A young girl dressed as the Living Goddess Kumari participates the Kumari Puja festival, in which young girls pose as the Living Goddess Kumari and are worshipped by people in belief that their children will remain healthy, in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 11, 2019. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A young girl dressed as the Living Goddess Kumari participates the Kumari Puja festival, in which young girls pose as the Living Goddess Kumari and are worshipped by people in belief that their children will remain healthy, in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 11, 2019. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





The feet of a young girl dressed as the Living Goddess Kumari are washed during the Kumari Puja festival, in which young girls pose as the Living Goddess Kumari and are worshipped by people in belief that their children will remain healthy, in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 11, 2019. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Masked dancers perform on the first day of Indra Jatra Festival at Hanumandhoka Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 10, 2019. The eight-day festival celebrates Indra, the god of rain, to mark the end of the monsoon. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua News Agency/Barcroft Media)





Young girls dressed as the Living Goddess Kumari participate the Kumari Puja festival, in which young girls pose as the Living Goddess Kumari and are worshipped by people in belief that their children will remain healthy, in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 11, 2019. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A young girl dressed as the Living Goddess Kumari participates the Kumari Puja festival, in which young girls pose as the Living Goddess Kumari and are worshipped by people in belief that their children will remain healthy, in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 11, 2019. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A foot of a devotee, cloaked inside the statue of Buddha, is worshiped during the Pancha Dan (giving away of five elements) festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal on August 28, 2019. The festival is celebrated by the Newar and Buddhist community by giving away five elements, which include wheat grains, rice grains, salt, money, and fruit. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A devotee, cloaked inside the statue of Buddha, parades during the Pancha Dan (giving away of five elements) festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal on August 28, 2019. The festival is celebrated by the Newar and Buddhist community by giving away five elements, which include wheat grains, rice grains, salt, money, and fruit. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A man plays a traditional instrument during Indra Jatra festival, an eight-day festival that honors Indra, the Hindu god of rain, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, September 13, 2019. The girl child revered as the Living Goddess Kumari is pulled around Kathmandu in a wooden chariot, families gather for feasts and at shrines to light incense for the dead, and men and boys in colorful masks and gowns representing Hindu deities dance to the beat of traditional music and devotees' drums, drawing tens of thousands of spectators to the city's old streets. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Devotees sit next to a statue of god Bhairabh during Indra Jatra festival, an eight-day festival that honors Indra, the Hindu god of rain, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, September 13, 2019. The girl child revered as the Living Goddess Kumari is pulled around Kathmandu in a wooden chariot, families gather for feasts and at shrines to light incense for the dead, and men and boys in colorful masks and gowns representing Hindu deities dance to the beat of traditional music and devotees' drums, drawing tens of thousands of spectators to the city's old streets. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A priest covers the ears of living goddess Kumari as soldiers fire a gun as a part of rituals during Indra Jatra festival, an eight-day festival that honors Indra, the Hindu god of rain, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, September 13, 2019. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Devotees dance during Indra Jatra festival, an eight-day festival that honors Indra, the Hindu god of rain, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, September 13, 2019. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A former living goddess Kumari, middle, watches the Indra Jatra festival, an eight-day festival that honors Indra, the Hindu god of rain, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, September 13, 2019. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepalese devotees perform a traditional elephant dance during Indra Jatra festival, an eight-day festival that honors Indra, the Hindu god of rain, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, September 13, 2019. Families gather for feasts and at shrines to light incense for the dead, and men and boys in colorful masks and gowns representing Hindu deities dance to the beat of traditional music and devotees' drums, drawing tens of thousands of spectators to the city's old streets. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Devotees carry the chariot of living god Bhairabh during Indra Jatra festival, an eight-day festival that honors Indra, the Hindu god of rain, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, September 13, 2019. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepalese Hindu women take rest at the Pashupatinath temple during Teej festival celebrations in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, September 2, 2019. During this festival, Hindu women observe a day-long fast and pray for their husbands and for a happy married life. Those who are unmarried pray for a good husband. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)