'Fasting in the month of Shravan boosts patience and positive thinking'

Women devotees dance outside the premesis of Pashupatinath Temple early morning on the first monday of the holy month "Shrawn". Source: Abhishek Maharjan/Sipa USA

Many Hindu women in Nepal participate in fasting on Mondays in the month of Shravan. One of the devotees says she fasts for the purity of the mind and to increase self-control by avoiding temptation, and anger.

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