Rishi Panchami being observed today

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Hindu women reaching their menstruation period observe this festival with due respect and importance by fasting and paying homage to the Saptarishis (seven powerful saints as per the Hindu mythology) with a belief that they will be blessed and forgiven for all sins they believed to have committed during the menstrual cycle, said Chairman of the Nepal Panchanga Nirnayak Samiti, Prof Dr Tam Chandra Gautam. On the day, those observing the festival wake up early in the morning, go to nearby river, stream, pond and lake and take bath with established rituals. They clean their body with 365 stems of Apamarga, a herbal plant, take bath with cow dung and soil collected from sacred places and ash.

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