Janai Purnima (Gunhi Punhi)

Also celebrated as Rakshya Bandhan (July-August) 

Janai Purnima, Raksha Bandhan

The full-moon of the month of Shrawan, the day when this festival is observed, is considered sacred all over Nepal and is celebrated in different manner by different groups of people of Nepal. However, the most widely accepted mode of celebration is that on this day people take a ritual bath and change their sacred thread. Every Hindu gets a string of thread tied in his wrist from the Brahmans as a protective mark for the whole year. 

The Nepalese prepare a special dish called 'Kwati, various mixed sprouted beans on this day. This day is also held sacred for bathing in Gosainkunda. One can also see a pageantry of the Jhankris (witch doctors) attired in their traditional costume come to bathe at Kumbheshwor at Patan. These Jhankris also visit the temple of Kalinchowk Bhagawati (the goddess at Kalinchowk) in Dolkha district where they go to beg for their healing powers, as they are the traditional healers of the Nepalese villagers.