"POURS"

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1 February 2026

A fasting Nepali Hindu devotee performs rituals reflected on a river in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on February 1, 2026, on the last day of the month-long arduous fasting ritual of Madhav Narayan. Devotees who take on this fast for a month do not eat foods cooked by others, which also exclude salt and other spices. They only eat rice, beaten rice, sugar, ghee, sugar candy, molasses, spinach from Patan, and peas among those considered sacred. The annual ritual of Madhav Narayan starts from the full moon day of Poush (Ninth Month of Lunar Calendar), initiating the recitation of the religious sermons.

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1 February 2026

Fasting Nepali Hindu devotees prepare to take a holy dip on the last day of the one-month-long arduous fasting ritual of Madhav Narayan in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on February 1, 2026. Devotees who undertake this fast for a month do not eat foods cooked by others, which also exclude salt and other spices. They only eat rice, beaten rice, sugar, ghee, sugar candy, molasses, spinach from Patan, and peas among those considered sacred. The annual ritual of Madhav Narayan starts from the full moon day of Poush (Ninth Month of Lunar Calendar), initiating the recitation of religious sermons.

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#13262598

1 February 2026

Fasting Nepali Hindu devotees prepare to take a holy dip on the last day of the one-month-long arduous fasting ritual of Madhav Narayan in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on February 1, 2026. Devotees who undertake this fast for a month do not eat foods cooked by others, which also exclude salt and other spices. They only eat rice, beaten rice, sugar, ghee, sugar candy, molasses, spinach from Patan, and peas among those considered sacred. The annual ritual of Madhav Narayan starts from the full moon day of Poush (Ninth Month of Lunar Calendar), initiating the recitation of religious sermons.

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#13262603

1 February 2026

Fasting Nepali Hindu devotees prepare to take a holy dip on the last day of the one-month-long arduous fasting ritual of Madhav Narayan in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on February 1, 2026. Devotees who undertake this fast for a month do not eat foods cooked by others, which also exclude salt and other spices. They only eat rice, beaten rice, sugar, ghee, sugar candy, molasses, spinach from Patan, and peas among those considered sacred. The annual ritual of Madhav Narayan starts from the full moon day of Poush (Ninth Month of Lunar Calendar), initiating the recitation of religious sermons.

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#13262604

1 February 2026

Fasting Nepali Hindu devotees prepare to take a holy dip on the last day of the one-month-long arduous fasting ritual of Madhav Narayan in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on February 1, 2026. Devotees who undertake this fast for a month do not eat foods cooked by others, which also exclude salt and other spices. They only eat rice, beaten rice, sugar, ghee, sugar candy, molasses, spinach from Patan, and peas among those considered sacred. The annual ritual of Madhav Narayan starts from the full moon day of Poush (Ninth Month of Lunar Calendar), initiating the recitation of religious sermons.

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#13262605

1 February 2026

A fasting Nepali Hindu devotee prepares to take a holy dip on the last day of the one-month-long arduous fasting ritual of Madhav Narayan in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on February 1, 2026. Devotees who undertake this fast for a month do not eat foods cooked by others, which also exclude salt and other spices. They only eat rice, beaten rice, sugar, ghee, sugar candy, molasses, spinach from Patan, and peas among those considered sacred. The annual ritual of Madhav Narayan starts from the full moon day of Poush (Ninth Month of Lunar Calendar), initiating the recitation of religious sermons.

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#13262606

1 February 2026

Fasting Nepali Hindu devotees prepare to take a holy dip on the last day of the one-month-long arduous fasting ritual of Madhav Narayan in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on February 1, 2026. Devotees who undertake this fast for a month do not eat foods cooked by others, which also exclude salt and other spices. They only eat rice, beaten rice, sugar, ghee, sugar candy, molasses, spinach from Patan, and peas among those considered sacred. The annual ritual of Madhav Narayan starts from the full moon day of Poush (Ninth Month of Lunar Calendar), initiating the recitation of religious sermons.

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#13262609

1 February 2026

A fasting Nepali Hindu devotee prepares to take a holy dip on the last day of the one-month-long arduous fasting ritual of Madhav Narayan in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on February 1, 2026. Devotees who undertake this fast for a month do not eat foods cooked by others, which also exclude salt and other spices. They only eat rice, beaten rice, sugar, ghee, sugar candy, molasses, spinach from Patan, and peas among those considered sacred. The annual ritual of Madhav Narayan starts from the full moon day of Poush (Ninth Month of Lunar Calendar), initiating the recitation of religious sermons.

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#13262611

1 February 2026

Fasting Nepali Hindu devotees stand around a fire as they take holy dips on the last day of the one-month-long arduous fasting ritual of Madhav Narayan in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on February 1, 2026. Devotees who undertake this fast for a month do not eat foods cooked by others, which also exclude salt and other spices. They only eat rice, beaten rice, sugar, ghee, sugar candy, molasses, spinach from Patan, and peas among those considered sacred. The annual ritual of Madhav Narayan starts from the full moon day of Poush (Ninth Month of Lunar Calendar), initiating the recitation of the religious sermons.

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1 February 2026

Fasting Nepali Hindu devotees stand around a fire as they take holy dips on the last day of the one-month-long arduous fasting ritual of Madhav Narayan in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on February 1, 2026. Devotees who undertake this fast for a month do not eat foods cooked by others, which also exclude salt and other spices. They only eat rice, beaten rice, sugar, ghee, sugar candy, molasses, spinach from Patan, and peas among those considered sacred. The annual ritual of Madhav Narayan starts from the full moon day of Poush (Ninth Month of Lunar Calendar), initiating the recitation of the religious sermons.

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1 February 2026

Fasting Nepali Hindu devotees perform the ritualistic roll-around tour of the city on the last day of the one-month-long arduous fasting ritual of Madhav Narayan in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on February 1, 2026. Devotees who take on this fast for a month do not eat foods cooked by others, which also exclude salt and other spices. They only eat rice, beaten rice, sugar, ghee, sugar candy, molasses, spinach from Patan, and peas among those considered sacred. The annual ritual of Madhav Narayan starts from the full moon day of Poush (Ninth Month of Lunar Calendar), initiating the recitation of the religious sermons.

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#13255692

30 January 2026

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Denmark's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Troels Lund Poulsen arrive for a press conference on the government's new deportation reform in the Mirror Hall at the Prime Minister's Office at Christiansborg in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 30, 2026.

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30 January 2026

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Denmark's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Troels Lund Poulsen arrive for a press conference on the government's new deportation reform in the Mirror Hall at the Prime Minister's Office at Christiansborg in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 30, 2026.

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#13255695

30 January 2026

Denmark's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Troels Lund Poulsen, attends a press conference on the government's new deportation reform in the Mirror Hall at the Prime Minister's Office at Christiansborg in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 30, 2026.

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#13255698

30 January 2026

(L-R) Minister for Immigration and Integration Rasmus Stoklund, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Troels Lund Poulsen, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and Minister for Foreign Affairs Lars Lokke Rasmussen attend a press conference on the government's new deportation reform in the Mirror Hall at the Prime Minister's Office at Christiansborg in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 30, 2026.

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#13255703

30 January 2026

(L-R) Danish Minister for Immigration and Integration Rasmus Stoklund, Denmark's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Troels Lund Poulsen, and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen attend a press conference on the government's new deportation reform in the Mirror Hall at the Prime Minister's Office at Christiansborg in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 30, 2026.

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