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Updated at : August 24, 2024 12:01
A priest ties rakshya bandan on a man’s wrist on the occasion of Janai Purnima at Pashupati in Kathmandu on Monday. Deepak KC/TKP Children dressed for Gaijatra go around Basantapur in Kathmandu on Tuesday, as Newa families remember members who died in the past year Deepak KC/TKP Students of Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences hold a candlelight vigil in Dhulikhel, Kavrepalanchok on Tuesday in memory of a doctor at the Kolkata-based RG Kar Medical College and Hospital who was raped and murdered two weeks ago. Dinesh Kafle/TKPParticipants of Mataya Jatra that took place after 40 years in Tansen, Palpa, on Wednesday. The procession saw a wide variety of food offerings. Madhav Aryal/TKPMotorcyclists navigate a flooded road beneath the Teku bridge near Sanepa following heavy rainfall on Wednesday. Deepak KC/TKP Devotees render folk tunes on traditional musical instruments as part of Neku Jatra during the month of Gunla, according to the Nepal Sambat calendar, at Bungamati in Lalitpur on Thursday. Safal Prakash Shrestha/ TKPA general view of the Bauddhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, pictured recently. Deepak KC/TKPStudents from Samyukta Vidyarthi Sangathan protest outside the Tribhuvan University Vice-chancellor’s office on Friday, accusing the chancellor—Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli—of interfering in the appointment of the Head of the Central Department of Sociology, allegedly undermining merit. The university students have been protesting for the past few days. The banner reads ‘Protest against state-backed terror and intervention’. Safal Prakash Shrestha/TKPRescuers, mostly from security forces, use ropes to carry dead and injured passengers up to the road, at the crash site in Tanahun on Friday. Hariram Upreti/TKPPeople buy sacred threads; Doro, Janai, and Rakhi, at a bustling market in Asan, Kathmandu on Sunday, on the eve of Janai Purnima. On this occasion, tagadhari Hindu men replace their ‘Janai’ while others receive Rakshabandhan for divine protection. Safal Prakash Shrestha/TKP