Indigenous people from ethnic Tamang community dance and sing during Sonam Lhosar, New Year advent in Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday, January 25, 2020. 

A mother helps her child to write with chalk on a wall during Shree Panchami festival at Goddess Saraswati temple in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, January 30, 2020. Saraswati is considered the goddess of knowledge, wisdom and learning and on this day people especially children go to the temple for their first writing and reading lessons in belief that it will help them excel in education.

A woman collects dried noodles before packing them to sell in the markets at Sambala Noodles factory at Ramhiti, Boudha in Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday, February 01, 2020.

Youths hold their books during a silent protest to reverse the high tax on books after the government of Nepal has brought a new law where the stores have to charge as per the USD and pounds instead of INR in Kathmandu, Nepal on Sunday, February 02, 2020. 

Nepalese devotees take a holy bath during the month-long Swasthani Bratakatha festival, devoted to goddess Shree Swasthani at Bhaktapur, Nepal on Thursday, February 06, 2020.

Residents of Khokana and Bungamati stage a protest against the 76.2-kilometre-long Kathmandu-Nijgadh Fast-track which threatens the ancient heritage of the city and they demand the government withdraw its plan to take the fast-track through Khonana in Kathmandu, Nepal on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. 

Farmers collect roses to sell them in the markets for Valentine's Day at a nursery on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. 

Buddhist Monks from Thailand take part in a pilgrimage to Lumbini, Lord Buddha's birthplace at Swayambhunath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, February 13, 2020. 

Nepalese Army soldiers fire cannon shots during the grand rehearsal of Army Day in Kathmandu, Nepal on Tuesday, February 18, 2020. 

A Nepalese Army soldier descends on a parachute during the grand rehearsal of Army Day in Kathmandu, Nepal on Tuesday, February 18, 2020. 

A Sadhu smokes marijuana from a chillum as another Sadhu waits for his turn inside the Pashupathinath Temple premise in Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, February 19, 2020. With only a few days left for the Maha Shivaratri festival Sadhus from all over India and Nepal have gradually started to arrive at the temple premise for the celebration.

Sadhus whom are considered holy sit around the Pashupathinath Temple premise in Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, February 19, 2020. With only a few days left for the Maha Shivaratri festival Sadhus from all over India and Nepal have gradually started to arrive at the temple premise for the celebration.

A Sadhu or religious man, the devotees of Lord Shiva strike a pose between the holy shrines inside the Pashupathinath Temple premise in Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, February 19, 2020. With only a few days left for the Maha Shivaratri festival Sadhus from all over India and Nepal have gradually started to arrive at the temple premise for the celebration.

A Sadhu, dressed as Lord Hanuman the devotees of Lord Shiva smokes marijuana from a traditional chillum on eve of Maha Shivaratri festival inside the Pashupathinath Temple premise in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, February 20, 2020. 

A Naga Baba the devotees of Lord Shiva gets ready after a bath inside an ashram on eve of Maha Shivaratri festival inside the Pashupathinath Temple premise in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, February 20, 2020. 

A Sadhu, devotees of Lord Shiva smokes marijuana from a traditional chillum on the eve of Maha Shivaratri festival inside the Pashupathinath Temple premise in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, February 20, 2020. 

Lights illuminate the holy Pashupathinath Temple on the eve of Maha Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, February 20, 2020. 

Buddhist Lama in the ritual mask performs the sacred Cham Dance at a monastery at Boudha in Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday, February 22, 2020.

A blacksmith uses a machine to sharpen edges of a Khukuri (traditional knife) at Gurkha Khukuri workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. The history of Khukuri used dates back to the year 1815 during World War 1st and 2nd which was the leading and the fiercest weapon in the conquest of Nepal used by the Gurkha soldiers. British Gurkha, Singapore Police, Burnai army still carry Khukuri as a matter of pride till date. 

A blacksmith puts on a handle on the blade to make a Khukuri (traditional knife) at Gurkha Khukuri workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. The history of Khukuri used dates back to the year 1815 during World War 1st and 2nd which was the leading and the fiercest weapon in the conquest of Nepal used by the Gurkha soldiers. British Gurkha, Singapore Police, Burnai army still carry Khukuri as a matter of pride till date.