Bharatpur, Oct. 23 -- This year's Bhaitika, the final day of Yama Panchak, became special for Ramesh Gautam as he got to celebrate the sibling festival for the first time. Clad in a Nepali Dhaka topi and with a seven-colored tika on his forehead and a garland of marigold around his neck, Ramesh celebrated this festival for the first time in Nepal.

Bhaitika, which falls on the second lunar day of Shukla Paksha (Bright fortnight) in the month of Kartik in the Bikram Sambat (BS) calendar, is believed to strengthen the bond between brothers and sisters.

"I came from Burma (Myanmar) to celebrate the festival with the family of my grandparent's siblings. My grandfather had left Nepal about 90 years back, and today I am here celebrating the fe...