Swosthani fasting festival has started from today. It will last a month.
The devotees of Hinduism began worshiping by fasting and reciting stories. On this occasion, a Madhavnarayan fair has started today for a month at Shalindi in Sankhu, which is located at a distance of 18 km in the north-eastern part of Kathmandu Valley.
![Hindu devotees warm themselves around a bonfire after bathing in the Shali river during the Swasthani Brata Katha festival, marked with auspicious bathing hoping for a prosperous life and conjugal happiness, in Sankhu on the outskirts of Kathmandu on January 25, 2024. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)]()
Hindu devotees warm themselves around a bonfire after bathing in the Shali river during the Swasthani Brata Katha festival, marked with auspicious bathing hoping for a prosperous life and conjugal happiness, in Sankhu on the outskirts of Kathmandu on January 25, 2024. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)
![Hindu devotees bathe in the Shali river for a prosperous conjugal life as a ritual of the Swasthani Brata Katha festival, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on January 25, 2024. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)]()
Hindu devotees bathe in the Shali river for a prosperous conjugal life as a ritual of the Swasthani Brata Katha festival, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on January 25, 2024. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)
![Hindu devotees bathe in the Shali river for a prosperous conjugal life as a ritual of the Swasthani Brata Katha festival, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on January 25, 2024. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)]()
Hindu devotees bathe in the Shali river for a prosperous conjugal life as a ritual of the Swasthani Brata Katha festival, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on January 25, 2024. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)
![Hindu devotees bathe in the Shali river for a prosperous conjugal life as a ritual of the Swasthani Brata Katha festival, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on January 25, 2024. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)]()
Hindu devotees bathe in the Shali river for a prosperous conjugal life as a ritual of the Swasthani Brata Katha festival, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on January 25, 2024. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)
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