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Nepalese religious musicians (Jhakhari/natural healers) perform during the Janai Purnima Festival at the Nagarkot Temple in Bhaktapur on August 19, 2024. The Janai Purnima Festival is known as the Sacred Thread Festival during which Hindu men, especially the Brahmans and Chettris perform their annual change of Janai (sacred thread), a yellow cotton string worn across the chest or tied around the wrist of the right hand.
Janai Purnima Festival Celebrated In NEpal, Bhaktapur, Bagmati - 19 Aug 2024