Women celebrate the Teej Festival at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2023. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)
KATHMANDU, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Nepali women celebrate the Teej Festival in Kathmandu on Sept. 18. The festival commemorates the reunion of Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva, following the efforts of Parvati's female friend to help her unite with her beloved.
During the festival celebrated by Hindu women all over Nepal, married women fast and pray for the good health and longevity of their husbands, and unmarried women pray for marrying ideal husbands.
A woman receives tika on the forehead as blessings during the Teej Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2023. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)
Women celebrate the Teej Festival at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2023. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)
A woman offers prayers during the Teej Festival at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2023. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)
Women celebrate the Teej Festival at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2023. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)
Women light lamps in celebration of the Teej Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2023. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)
A woman offers prayers during the Teej Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2023. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)■
