Asia Album: Nepal people remember departed relatives in Bala Chaturdashi festival-Xinhua
Asia Album: Nepal people remember departed relatives in Bala Chaturdashi festival
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2024-12-01 11:04:15
A priest helps a devotee to make offerings to the departed soul during the Bala Chaturdashi festival on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 30, 2024. (Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)
KATHMANDU, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- People observe the Bala Chaturdashi festival on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Hindu devotees celebrate the festival in memory of departed family members by lighting oil lamps a whole night and scattering seven types of grains in the early morning at the temple.
Devotees are seen on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple for the Bala Chaturdashi festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 30, 2024. (Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)Devotees gather and scatter seven types of grains as a tradition to observe the Bala Chaturdashi festival on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 30, 2024. (Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)Devotees gather and scatter seven types of grains as a tradition to observe the Bala Chaturdashi festival on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 30, 2024. (Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)A woman scatters seven types of grains as a tradition to observe the Bala Chaturdashi festival on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 30, 2024. (Hari Maharjan/Xinhua) ■
