Painters repaint an idol of Swet Bhairab for the Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 26, 2023. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)
KATHMANDU, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The eight-day-long Indra Jatra festival has kicked off here in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal, honoring the god of rain Indra.
Members of Nepal Army's Guruju Ko Paltan unit appear on the first day of the Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 26, 2023. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)
Army personnel erect a wooden pole that marks the beginning of the Indra Jatra festival in Basantapur of Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 26, 2023. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)
A masked dancer performs on the first day of the Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 26, 2023. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)
Masked dancers perform on the first day of the Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 26, 2023. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)
Nepal Army Musical Band plays during the erection of a wooden pole that marks the beginning of the Indra Jatra festival in Basantapur of Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 26, 2023. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)
People view the erection of a wooden pole that marks the beginning of the Indra Jatra festival in Basantapur of Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 26, 2023. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)■
