The kumaris in the Kathmandu Valley survived the ... first official role is to witness the ritual bathing of the image of a rain god. But in 2008 Nepal’s supreme court essentially rejected ...

Kathmandu [Nepal], January 29 (ANI): Nepali Hindu devotees ... Dozens of Hindu women performed ritualistic bathing and worship sitting on the hay straws on the embankments of the holy Bagmati ...

Menstruation is considered a taboo in many parts of South Asia. We often believe that the stigma only persists in rural areas ...