Janai Purnima Festival Images, Stock Photos: Janai Purnima (Rishitarpani) is observed in the month of Shrawan. It is called Rakshya Bandhan as this festival observes the bond of purity and security. This festival is celebrated by Hindus all over the world.
Janai Purnima is Sacred Thread Festival. On this day, Hindu men, especially the Brahmins and Chettris perform their annual change of Janai and all who celebrates this festival put a scared thread around their wrist.
Janai Purnima Festival Images, Stock Photos
A boy jumps into the Bagmati River flowing through the premises of Pashupatinath temple during the sacred thread festival at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
A devotee offers prayers as he wears a new sacred thread during the sacred thread festival at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal
A Hindu priests forehead is covered with ‘tika’, coloured powder and rice used as a blessing, during the sacred thread festival at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, July 28, 2017.
A Nepalese Hindu priest prepares ‘janai’ (sacred thread) as he waits for devotees on the occasion of the Janai Purnima Festival in Kathmandu
A Nepali Hindu devotee adorned with a ‘janai’ (sacred thread) prays on the occasion of the Janai Purnima Festival in Kathmandu on July 28. During the Janai Purnima Festival (Sacred Thread Festival) Hindu men perform their annual change of ‘janai’.
A young Hindu priest wearing sacred thread performs a ritual during the sacred thread festival at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Young Hindu priests gather after taking a holy bath together during the sacred thread festival at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal
Young Hindu priests take a holy bath together as part of a ritual during the sacred thread festival at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal
Young Hindu priests wearing sacred threads perform a ritual during the sacred thread festival at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Young Hindu priests wearing sacred threads perform a ritual during the sacred thread festival at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal