Representarive image of a family celebrating Dashain. Credit: Getty Images/AFP/Prakash Mathema, Getty Images/Jennifer A Smith, Getty Images/Jasper Neupane ...

During Dashain, a significant festival in Nepal, family members receive "tika" (a mixture of yogurt, rice, and vermilion) on their foreheads along with blessings from elders. The Sanskrit hymn ...

Far from home for the 15-day Dashain festival — the most important ... sisters were having a chat because they were putting the tika [symbolic red dot on the forehead] on, which is a tradition ...