The typical iconography of the Goddess depicts her in deep red color of a hibiscus flower radiating the effulgence of a million suns. Digambari, with a munda-mala (skull garland) and a snake for her yagyapovita, standing in the pratyAlIDha posture, she has cut off her own head and holds it in one of her hands….
चन्द्रमा सुन्दर औषधियुक्त, सितल शान्त र आनन्ददायक तेज प्रकाश दिने र सबैको हित गर्ने भएको ले शिवले शिरमा धारण गर्नु भयो ।चन्द्रमा को महत्व हामी सबैलाई थाहा नभएको चाहीं होईन । चन्द्रमा को पूजा नभएको पनि होईन ।चन्द्रमा को सोरह कलाको आधारमा चाडपर्बहरु नमनाउने पनि होईन । प्राय हामी चन्द्रमा लाई एक महत्वपूर्ण देवताकै रुपमा…
Amidst a nationwide lockdown, Mahasana (bathing ceremony) Rato Machhindranth (Red Macchendranath) and Kumari Puja completed quietly in Patan. Although few people gathered there, they maintain social distancing. In a presence of few hundred devotees, who wore masks and maintained their social distancing, the festival begins reports Sulabh Shrestha in Deshsanchar. As per the ritual, priest…
The Nepal Sambat movement achieved its initial success on 18 november 1999 once the govt declared the founding father of the nepal sambat calendar, a merchandiser of Kathmandu named Sankhadhar Sakhwa (संखधर साख्वा), a national hero. Sankhadhar Sakhwa : The leader of Kingdom of Asian nation Nepal, he’s a Nepalese giver. He cleared the debts of all…
Nag Panchami is the Nag-snake festival to worship. The snakes are frightening reptiles as some of them are toxic. The so-called Nag snakes are generally toxic cobra snakes. To be secure from the snakes, the festival is celebrated. Kathmandu’s individuals go to Lake Taudaha, Naagpokhari to worship the Naag. Naagdaha also regarded one of the…
Lakhey Dance is Nepali community’s famous dance. Lakhey is regarded as a legendary devil who, by chasing away other devils, kept his domain. According to the legend, Lakhey punishes him who infringes his domain. This dance is conducted every year in the month of September during the Indra Jatra festival that falls. We members exercise…
Literally Cow Festival, this is an eight-day jovial festival. Everything that creates joy and laughter is part of the highlights of the festival to dance, sing, pantomime. On the festival’s first day, individuals whose family members died in a year-round parade of a decorated cow around the town dressed as cows or hermits together with…
he festival, which starts from the south Shukla Paksha, is performed separately by Buddhist Buddhist worshipers and worships the Buddha separately. During this period, it is customary to revolve around various Buddhist monasteries, Chaityas and Chokas in Daja Baja, Neku, Mwaial and others. Particularly the atmosphere around the Swayambhu Mahayachtis plays a leading role in making music…
On the first day of Bhadra (Nepali Calendar), the Bagh Bhairab Festival is celebrated. Devotees used to round Bagh Bhairab Temple for 108 times for successful and healthy blessings on the occasion of the Bagh Bhairab festival. Pic Source: Narayan Maharjan
Gathemangal is a festival held every year in the month of June / July on Shrawan Krishna Chaturdashi. Gathemangal or Ghantakarna Chaturdasi is a term co-relatively used for worshiping and offering sacrifices to demons as a festive. In the Newar group, Gathemangal is celebrated and observed in various areas of the Kathmandu Valley. There is…
Neel Barahi’s renowned tantric temple stands on a hillock in Bode of Madhyapur Thimi in the center of a forest. The temple structure itself is very easy, but it is adorned with different sculptures and artifacts. In the medieval period, the temple was created. The temple is built in a Guhyeshwori-Dakshinkali-like style. The shrine space,…
Nepali chelsea Nazma Siebler Shrestha, who is about to achieve three centuries, has started to educate European mothers about the traditional manner in Nepal’s Newar society to massage newborn oils. Citizens say this technique began by calling his mom Haridevi Shrestha from Nepal for the usual oil massage after her first child was born in…
Indra is Rain’s Lord and Heaven’s King. It’s the procession of Jatra. Indra Jatra is God Indra’s Day festival. Indra Jatra is the Kathmandu festival, Nepal’s capital. Some people believe that Indra Jatra thanks Lord Indra for the rain day. The festival is celebrated in honor of Bahirab, who is the manifestation of Shiva and…
Rice feeding takes place in the sixth or eighth month (for a kid) and in the fifth or seventh month (for a woman). The baby is provided rice pudding with truthfulness of food after worshipping Ganesh. Throughout his lives, the baby is thought to receive comparable food as the food provided on that day.
Mahakali Dance This is one of the Newars ‘ most famous masked dances. It is based on the religious tale of’ Mahakali Mahalaxmi’ from a Hindu Puran. According to this, the three goddess Mahakali, Mahalaxmi, and Kumari (three of the eight deities protecting Kathmandu Valley’s eight paths and having distinct supporters of ghosts). Eighty four…
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