Rishi Panchami marks the end of the three-day long Teej Festival,
celebrated in Nepal and some parts of India by married Hindu women by
fasting during the day and praying for long lives for their husbands,
while unmarried women wish for handsome husbands and happy conjugal
lives.
Nepalese Hindu women recite prayers led by a priest as they sit on the banks of the Bagmati River to mark 'Rishi Panchami' in Kathmandu Friday September 18, 2015
Nepalese Hindu women recite prayers led by a priest as they sit on the banks of the Bagmati River to mark 'Rishi Panchami' in Kathmandu Friday September 18, 2015
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