Among those who received 'tika' from the king was the Bollywood actress of Nepali origin, Manisha Koirala. On the tenth day of the Bada Dashain, juniors received 'tika' and blessings from elders.

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Kathmandu (Nepal), Sep 21 (ANI): "Navaratri Parba" or the nine-night festival of Bada Dashain, one of the important festivals of the Hindu people of Nepal, started from today. The priest of Hanuman ...

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Dashain is the great harvest festival of Nepal, is a time for family reunions ... On the culmination of celebrations, known as Tika, people are seen moving around with their foreheads covered ...

This time of year has been the hardest for Nabin Gautam since leaving his family in Nepal ... the tika [symbolic red dot on the forehead] on, which is a tradition on the 10th day of Dashain ...