Celebrating Rishi Panchami (Photo feature)

Published On: August 26, 2017 11:03 AM NPT By: Prabin Koirala

KATHMANDU, August 26: Hindu women across the country are observing the Rhishi panchami festival today as per the rituals. The festival, the concluding day of the Teej, is observed on the fifth day of bright half moon of the month of Bhadra.

On the day, those observing the festival wake up early in the morning, go to nearby river, stream, pond and lake and take bath with established rituals. They clean their body with 365 stems of Apamarga, a herbal plant, take bath with cow dung and soil collected from sacred places and ash.

The fasting ritual requires the devotee to take bath in the morning and carryout prayers after which the person is required to eat grains, vegetables, wild fruits, Kandamul, guava for a single meal and fast again.

On this day, woman devotees throng the Shrisheshwor Temple in Teku of the capital city and other Rishi Temples across the nation for homage and worship.