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Updated at : March 1, 2025 09:35
Tenant farmers from Dang face police at New Baneshwar as they march towards the federal parliament building through a prohibited area, in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Farmers tilling the land owned by Swargadwari Ashram Trust in Dang have been staging an indefinite sit-in for over three weeks at Maitighar demanding law to secure their land right. Angad Dhakal/TKP
Crowds of devotees line the Bagmati riverbanks on Tuesday evening for the daily Arati (evening worship) in front of the Pashupatinath Temple, on the eve of the Mahashivaratri festival. The temple complex has been lavishly decorated for the grandest festival dedicated to Lord Shiva. Angad Dhakal/TKP
Devotees pictured amid floral decorations on the Pashupati premises as they make their way to the temple to offer Shivaratri prayers, in Kathmandu on Wednesday. Angad Dhakal/TKP
A Nepal Army paratrooper about to touch down in Tundikhel parade ground, with a giant image of Shiva in the background on Wednesday during the Army Day celebrations. Deepak KC/TKP
A woman works on a handloom weaving yarn into rugs as other sheep herders set up their camp near Thuli Daha in Musikot-7 of Rukum West in this recent photo, having brought their animals to lower climes from cold upper regions. Most farmers in the district are engaged in agriculture. Mahesh KC/TKP
Devotees light oil lamps at Bauddha Stupa in Kathmandu on the occasion of Gyalpo Lhosar on Friday. The New Year celebrated by the Sherpa community calls for unity, cultural solidarity, goodwill and brotherhood among the Nepalis. Deepak KC/TKP
Sadhus who arrived at Pashupatinath Temple for the Mahashivaratri Festival were bid farewell on Friday, the third day of the festival, withdakshina (cash offerings) and a rudraksha beads necklace. The Pashupati Area Development Trust categorises visiting sadhus based onseniority and gifts them dakshina accordingly. Deepak KC/TKP