Nepalese Hindu women take a ritual bath in the Bagmati River and pay there offering during the Rishi Panchami festival.  Rishi Pancham is observe to mark the end of three day long Teej festival and it is celebrated by the Hindu women reaching their menstruation period observe this festival with due respect and importance by fasting and paying homage to the Sapta rishis (seven powerful saints as per the Hindu mythology) with a belief that they will be blessed and forgiven for all sins they believed to have committed during the menstrual cycle.