Oct 20, Kathmandu - President Ram Chandra Poudel worshipped nine girls at the Presidential Palace, Sheetal Niwas, on the occasion of Bada Dashain 2083.

President Poudel, who was accompanied by First Lady Sabita Poudel, washed the feet of the unmarried girls, applied tika to them and presented them with gifts as per tradition. There is a religious tradition of worshipping girls as a symbol of the nine forms of Nawa Durga on Bada Dashain. It is customary for the Head of State to worship the unmarried girls on this occasion.