A Hindu priest prepares for a ritual for the Janai Purnima Festival, also known as Raksha Bandhan, at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on Monday. The Janai Purnima Festival is known in English as the Sacred Thread Festival during which Hindu men, especially the Brahmans and Chettris, perform their annual changing of janai, a yellow cotton string worn across the chest or tied around the wrist of the right hand. Photo: AFP