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NEPAL: Hindu women celebrate “Teej” festival in red, Nepal

Posted by barunroy on August 24, 2009

Hindu women take part in a traditional dance at Pashupati Nath Temple during celebrations of the Teej festival in Kathmandu August 23, 2009. Married Hindu women wearing red bridal dresses to celebrate the Teej festival for to pray for a long life and the well-being of their husbands. Unmarried women observe the festival by praying for a good husband.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Hindu women take part in a traditional dance at Pashupati Nath Temple during celebrations of the "Teej" festival in Kathmandu August 23, 2009. Married Hindu women wearing red bridal dresses to celebrate the "Teej'" festival for to pray for a long life and the well-being of their husbands. Unmarried women observe the festival by praying for a good husband.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Hindu women take part in a traditional dance at Pashupati Nath Temple during celebrations of the Teej festival in Kathmandu August 23, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Hindu women take part in a traditional dance at Pashupati Nath Temple during celebrations of the "Teej" festival in Kathmandu August 23, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Hindu women make offerings to Lord Pashupati at the Pashupati Nath Temple during celebrations of the Teej festival in Kathmandu August 23, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Hindu women make offerings to Lord Pashupati at the Pashupati Nath Temple during celebrations of the "Teej" festival in Kathmandu August 23, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Women at Pashupati Nath Temple perform rituals in celebration of the Teej festival in Kathmandu August 23, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Women at Pashupati Nath Temple perform rituals in celebration of the "Teej" festival in Kathmandu August 23, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

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