A Festival Honoring Girls and Women

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Every year during late summer (in Nepal, it’s just before the first day of Ganesh Chaturthi, which usually falls in August or September) there is a festival for women. Dedicated to the Goddess Parvati, commemorating her union with Lord Shiva, the festival isĀ a celebrationĀ of marital bliss where married women pray for the good health of their husbands and children, and …