Kathmandu, Jan. 29 -- Nepali Hindu devotees undergoing the arduous fasting of 'Swosthani Brata' made their first stop-over pilgrimage commonly called "Pardes Yatra" at Pashupati on Wednesday.

Dozens of Hindu women performed ritualistic bathing and worship sitting on the hay straws on the embankments of the holy Bagmati River that flows through the Pashupati Area.

The chants of "Madhav Narayan" along with "Swosthani Mai ki Jai", and "Jai Sambhoo" echoed around the Pashupati Area from early hours as the masses took part in the rituals.

Fasting devotees have travelled about 13.5 kilometres on foot to reach the Pashupatinath Temple as part of their first "Pardes Yatra" which comes as a part of a ritual performed while undergoing a month-lo...