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Rakshyabandhan and Janai Purnima

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Young priests wait for Hindu devotees to offer sacred thread 'Janai' on the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan and Janai Purnima at Pashupati Temple in Kathmandu. (Dipesh Shrestha/ Republica)



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