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KATHMANDU, Aug. 12, 2022 (UNI/Xinhua) -- A devotee receives tika on the forehead during the Janai Purnima festival on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 12, 2022. During this festival, Hindus take holy bath and perform annual change of the Janai, a sacred cotton string worn around their chest or tied on the wrist, in the belief that it will protect and purify them. UNI PHOTOX3F