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On the occasion of Kushe Aunsi on Saturday, which is commonly known as Father's Day, thousands of devotees gathered on the embankments of the Bagmati River which flows past the Gokarneshwor Temple on the outskirts of Nepal's capital city Kathmandu.
A large fair was organized on the embankment with devotees performing rituals of 'Shraadh' (sacred rituals in memory of the departed ancestors) by draping themselves in white non-stitched muslin cloth commonly called Dhoti after taking dips in the Bagmati River. Kushe Aunsi 2022: Devotees Throng Nepal's Bagmati Riverbank to Observe Father's Day (See Pics).
On the occasion of Kushe Aunsi on Saturday, which is commonly known as Father's Day, thousands of devotees gathered on the embankments of the Bagmati River which flows past the Gokarneshwor Temple on the outskirts of Nepal's capital city Kathmandu.
Didn't become a U.S. national holiday until 1972