A girl from Newari community receives a tika on her forehead as a blessing during a parade celebrating the Bhimsen Puja ...

A girl from Newari community receives a tika on her forehead as a blessing during a parade celebrating the Bhimsen Puja festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, Feb. 9, 2025. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua) ...

Nepal's VVIPs on Saturday offered 'tika', a religious mark worn usually on the forehead also known as tilak, to the public on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami. Nepal's Vice President Ram Sahaya ...

President Ramchandra Paudel participated in the Basanta Shrawan ritual at Hanumandhoka Durbar Square on Monday morning, ...

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 ...

President Ram Chandra Paudel attended Basanta Shrawan at Hanuman Dhoka in Basantapur on the occasion of Basanta Panchami on ...

The 10th day is particularly significant as families visit their elders to seek a blessing and tika — a dab of red paste on the forehead. Kites also have special significance in Nepal so ...