A young Nepali Hindu devotee takes a holy bath as he takes part in a ritual during the Janai Purnima Festival at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on August 15, 2019. The Janai Purnima Festival is known as the Sacred Thread Festival during which Hindu men, especially the Brahmans and Chettris, perform their annual changing of Janai, a yellow cotton string worn across the chest or tied around the wrist of the right hand. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)
