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10 January 2026

Freshly made molasses Chaku is prepared before packing inside a factory in Tokha, Nepal, on January 10, 2026. Molasses Chaku is usually prepared and consumed during the Maghe Sankranti Festival. Chaku is a confectionery made from concentrated sugarcane juice, jaggery, ghee, and nuts, which holds significance on Maghe Sankranti Festival.

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10 January 2026

Freshly made molasses Chaku is prepared before packing inside a factory in Tokha, Nepal, on January 10, 2026. Molasses Chaku is usually prepared and consumed during the Maghe Sankranti Festival. Chaku is a confectionery made from concentrated sugarcane juice, jaggery, ghee, and nuts, which holds significance on Maghe Sankranti Festival.

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10 January 2026

Freshly made molasses Chaku is prepared before packing inside a factory in Tokha, Nepal, on January 10, 2026. Molasses Chaku is usually prepared and consumed during the Maghe Sankranti Festival. Chaku is a confectionery made from concentrated sugarcane juice, jaggery, ghee, and nuts, which holds significance on Maghe Sankranti Festival.

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10 January 2026

Freshly made molasses Chaku is prepared before packing inside a factory in Tokha, Nepal, on January 10, 2026. Molasses Chaku is usually prepared and consumed during the Maghe Sankranti Festival. Chaku is a confectionery made from concentrated sugarcane juice, jaggery, ghee, and nuts, which holds significance on Maghe Sankranti Festival.

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10 January 2026

Freshly made molasses Chaku is prepared before packing inside a factory in Tokha, Nepal, on January 10, 2026. Molasses Chaku is usually prepared and consumed during the Maghe Sankranti Festival. Chaku is a confectionery made from concentrated sugarcane juice, jaggery, ghee, and nuts, which holds significance on Maghe Sankranti Festival.

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#13169150

8 January 2026

A Nepali vendor sorts yams in a local market in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 8, 2026, ahead of the Maghe Sakranti festival. The festival of Maghe Sakranti, the first day of Magh, is celebrated by consuming different tuber crops, mainly yam and sweet potato. People boil yams in the evening of the last day of Poush, the 9th month of the lunar calendar, and eat them the next morning with ghee and molasses. It is widely believed that the boiled yams taken on the morning of Maghe Sakranti stave off cold-related ailments.

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#13169165

8 January 2026

A pile of yams is kept for sale in a local market in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 8, 2026, ahead of the Maghe Sakranti festival. The festival of Maghe Sakranti, the first day of Magh, is celebrated and marked by consuming different tuber crops, mainly yam and sweet potato. People boil yams in the evening of the last day of Poush, the 9th month of the lunar calendar, and eat them the next morning with ghee and molasses. It is widely believed that the boiled yams taken on the morning of Maghe Sakranti stave off cold-related ailments.

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8 January 2026

A Nepali vendor sorts yams in a local market in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 8, 2026, ahead of the Maghe Sakranti festival. The festival of Maghe Sakranti, the first day of Magh, is celebrated by consuming different tuber crops, mainly yam and sweet potato. People boil yams in the evening of the last day of Poush, the 9th month of the lunar calendar, and eat them the next morning with ghee and molasses. It is widely believed that the boiled yams taken on the morning of Maghe Sakranti stave off cold-related ailments.

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8 January 2026

A pile of yams is kept for sale in a local market in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 8, 2026, ahead of the Maghe Sakranti festival. The festival of Maghe Sakranti, the first day of Magh, is celebrated and marked by consuming different tuber crops, mainly yam and sweet potato. People boil yams in the evening of the last day of Poush, the 9th month of the lunar calendar, and eat them the next morning with ghee and molasses. It is widely believed that the boiled yams taken on the morning of Maghe Sakranti stave off cold-related ailments.

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8 January 2026

A Nepali vendor sorts yams in a local market in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 8, 2026, ahead of the Maghe Sakranti festival. The festival of Maghe Sakranti, the first day of Magh, is celebrated by consuming different tuber crops, mainly yam and sweet potato. People boil yams in the evening of the last day of Poush, the 9th month of the lunar calendar, and eat them the next morning with ghee and molasses. It is widely believed that the boiled yams taken on the morning of Maghe Sakranti stave off cold-related ailments.

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#13150907

3 January 2026

Nepalese Hindu devotees perform rituals at the Hanumante River on the occasion of the Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 03, 2026. Swasthani Brata is a month-long Hindu religious observance practiced mainly in Nepal. It is dedicated to Goddess Swasthani and Lord Shiva, observed from Paush Purnima to Magh Purnima. People, especially women, fast, worship, and listen to the Swasthani Katha to seek health, prosperity, family happiness, and spiritual discipline

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3 January 2026

Nepalese Hindu devotees perform rituals at the Hanumante River on the occasion of the Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 03, 2026. Swasthani Brata is a month-long Hindu religious observance practiced mainly in Nepal. It is dedicated to Goddess Swasthani and Lord Shiva, observed from Paush Purnima to Magh Purnima. People, especially women, fast, worship, and listen to the Swasthani Katha to seek health, prosperity, family happiness, and spiritual discipline

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3 January 2026

Nepalese Hindu devotees perform rituals at the Hanumante River on the occasion of the Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 03, 2026. Swasthani Brata is a month-long Hindu religious observance practiced mainly in Nepal. It is dedicated to Goddess Swasthani and Lord Shiva, observed from Paush Purnima to Magh Purnima. People, especially women, fast, worship, and listen to the Swasthani Katha to seek health, prosperity, family happiness, and spiritual discipline

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3 January 2026

Nepalese Hindu devotees perform rituals at the Hanumante River on the occasion of the Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 03, 2026. Swasthani Brata is a month-long Hindu religious observance practiced mainly in Nepal. It is dedicated to Goddess Swasthani and Lord Shiva, observed from Paush Purnima to Magh Purnima. People, especially women, fast, worship, and listen to the Swasthani Katha to seek health, prosperity, family happiness, and spiritual discipline

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3 January 2026

Nepalese Hindu devotees perform rituals at the Hanumante River on the occasion of the Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 03, 2026. Swasthani Brata is a month-long Hindu religious observance practiced mainly in Nepal. It is dedicated to Goddess Swasthani and Lord Shiva, observed from Paush Purnima to Magh Purnima. People, especially women, fast, worship, and listen to the Swasthani Katha to seek health, prosperity, family happiness, and spiritual discipline

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3 January 2026

Nepalese Hindu devotees perform rituals at the Hanumante River on the occasion of the Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 03, 2026. Swasthani Brata is a month-long Hindu religious observance practiced mainly in Nepal. It is dedicated to Goddess Swasthani and Lord Shiva, observed from Paush Purnima to Magh Purnima. People, especially women, fast, worship, and listen to the Swasthani Katha to seek health, prosperity, family happiness, and spiritual discipline

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