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.
Prez Bhandari attends Basant Shravan event on the occasion of S...
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: