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Sacred Thread for protection and purification

(Agencies) Updated: 2012-08-02 15:22
Sacred Thread for protection and purification

A Hindu priest (R) offers sacred thread, also known as janai, to a devotee during the Janai Purnima, or Sacred Thread, Festival at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu August 2, 2012. Hindus take holy baths and change their sacred threads for protection and purification during the festival. [Photo/Agencies]

Sacred Thread for protection and purification

A man changes his sacred thread during the Janai Purnima, or Sacred Thread, Festival at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu August 2, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

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