Bala Chaturdashi

Nepal: People celebrate Bala Chaturdashi festival at Pashupatinath Temple

On Bala Chaturdashi, people in Nepal lit lamps and cast them into the Bagmati River, which flows by the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. In Nepal, Bala Chaturdashi is observed in honour of departed family members. On the river, people float oil lamps in an effort to illuminate the afterlife for...