Nepal's Indra Jatra

Thousands of people are taking part in colourful festivities around the Indra Jatra festival in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. The eight-day festival is celebrated to honour Indra, the god of rain. Hundreds of spectators gather at the Palace Square and surrounding temples for the pole-raising ceremony. The chariot of Kumari, the living child goddess, is taken out in a procession through the streets of the city.