Corrected: Photo of the Week Caption

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Here are the captions for this week's featured photographs, located on

the group's splash page, just below the Sri Chakra:

 

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1. A Hindu devotee reads the Swasthani holy scriptures after taking a

holy bath at Salinadi on Wednesday during the first day of the

Swasthani Brata at Sankhu, some 26 km northeast of Kathmandu. Photo:

NARENDRA SHRESTHA, Kantipur Publications

 

2. Indian Hindu women perform religious rites during ritual bathing

in the Kumbh Mela festival. More than 50 million Hindu pilgrims are

expected to descend on this northern Indian city to wash away their

sins at a festival amid fears of a possible terrorist attack,

officials said.(AFP/File)