Teej festival in Nepal – in pictures

Women sing and dance at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

A woman offers prayers at the Pashupatinath temple Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP

A girl chases pigeons Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Women offers prayers at Pashupatinath Temple. Hindu women pray for marital bliss, the well-being of their spouses and children Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Those who are unmarried pray for a good husband. Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP

Women sit outside the Pashupatinath temple Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP

Nepalese Hindu women dance Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP

Women pose for photographs with a man dressed as the Hindu monkey god Hanuman Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP

Nepalese Hindu women watch others dance at the Pashupatinath temple Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP

Nepalese Hindu women rest at the Pashupatinath temple after all the festivities Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP