A Nepali reveler has his face smeared with vermillion powder during the annual Sindoor Jatra festival in Thimi, Nepal, on April 15, 2026. The festival, observed on the 2nd of Baisakh, marks the first month of the year according to the Lunar calendar. Nepal enters the new year 2083 on Wednesday. A total of 32 ceremonial palanquins are brought to the temple square by devotees covered in Sindoor, accompanied by singing and dancing troupes. (Photo by Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto) (Photo by Subaas Shrestha / NurPhoto via AFP)