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Add to Lightbox DownloadSeptember 6, 2016 - Kathmandu, Nepal - A Nepalese Hindu woman takes a ritual bath lashing with leaves of the Aghada plant that is considered sacred during Rishi Panchami festival on the banks of Bagmati River inside Pashupathinath Temple premise, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kathmandu, Nepal on Tuesday, September 6, 16. Rishi Panchami is observed to mark the end of three-day Teej festival when women worship Sapta Rishi (Seven Saints) on the last day to wash off one's impurity for the whole year. (Credit Image: © Skanda Gautam via ZUMA Wire)
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