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PHOTOS: Basant  Panchami observed at Hanuman Dhoka in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Basant Panchami, also popularly known as Shree Panchami or Saraswati Puja is being observed across the country with a huge fanfare today.
By Monika Malla

KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Basant Panchami, also popularly known as Shree Panchami or Saraswati Puja is being observed across the country with a huge fanfare today.


On the same occasion, President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli participated in special rituals at Hanuman Dhoka in Kathmandu on Tuesday morning.


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The president and the PM were accompanied by the vice-president and speaker of the dissolved House of Representatives.


Here are pictures taken by Republica photojournalist Monika Malla: 

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