Khokana Tourism Festival -2020 kicks off
Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa at the Khokana Tourism Festival Inauguration in Lalitpur Kathmandu: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has formally inaugurated Khokana Tourism Festival 2020 in Lalitpur district on Friday, which is slated for February 21 to 23, with the slogan “Save the local skills and culture”. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the festival,…
Indra Jatra (Kathmandu)
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…
Naag Panchami – The story behind the snake worshiping festival in Nepal
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…
Indra Jatra (Yanya Punhi)
Indra Jatra is a standout amongst the greatest Jatra (Festival) from claiming Kathmandu valley. It may be also known as Yanya Punhi ( full moon) this may be praised both Toward buddhist Also Hindus. Varieties of societies Also conventions could a chance to be seen ahead this celebration. It may be additionally accepted that indra…
बाला चर्तुदशी
मंसिर १७ गते मसिंर कृष्ण चर्तुदशी अर्थात बाला चर्तुदशी परेको छ । त्यस दिन मृत्यूवरण गरेका पितृहरुको मोक्षयात्राका लागी अत्यन्त महत्पूर्ण दिनका रुपमा मानिन्छ । नेपाल अनि भारतका विभिन्न शक्तिपीठ अनि त्रिवेणी धामहरुमा आज शतवीज छर्ने तिर्थालुहरुको घुईँचो रहने गर्दछ । शतवीज भन्नाले पितृ उद्धारकालागी धार्मीक वनहरु जस्तै कैलाश डाँडा, श्लेष्मान्तक बन अनि अन्य बनहरुमा…
Bisket Jatra (Biska)
A standout amongst the A large portion An bright Jatra which celebrates done old city of Bhaktapur 18 kilometer far starting with kathmandu. Those Bisket Jatra, which denote those end of the nepali month of Chaitra and the starting of a new nepali quite a while On Baisakh, welcomes person What’s more all in and…
नेवा: समुदायमा कसरी जन्मदिन मनाउँछ?
कला, सँस्कृति, सभ्यता, जात्रापर्वको धनि नेवा: समुदायको जन्मदिन मनाउँने अलगै तरिका छ । नेवा: समुदायले तीथि अनुसार जन्मदिन मनाउँने गर्दछ । जन्मदिन कहिले परेको छ भनि थाहा पाऊन आफ्नो जन्म तीथिको आसपास अगाडी सो व्यक्तिको जात: (जन्म कुण्डली) देखाऊन जाने गरिन्छ । जन्मदिन परेको दिन नेवा: समुदायको घरबाट धौ बजि (दहि चिऊरा) दिने चलन रहेको…
Patan (Yala)
Once a Kathmandu Valley autonomous and powerful kingdom, Patan became a melting pot of two important religions, Hinduism, and Buddhism. The religious temple of Krishna (Hindu), which lies in the center of the city; in the very own city, whose entire city architecture has been devoted to the philosophy of the Buddhist Dharma-Chakra (Wheel of…
Nepal Bhasha
“Newari” is vulgar term for the true name “Nepalbhasa” or “Nepalese”– Dharmaditya Dharmacharya(in a letter to Silvan Levi) The Newars talk Nepal Bhasha, the Sino-Tibetan group’s Himalayan language of Tibetan-Burman branch. It was wrongly called by Nepal’s Westerners and non-Newars by the word ‘ Newari.’ It has been known as Nepal Bhasha since the very…
History of Nepal Sambat
The Origins Nepal sambat was founded on October 20, 879 A.D. during th reign of Thakuri King Raghavadeva (ca. A.D. 879-942). According to a mid-fourteenth-century Sanskrit chronicle an epoch-era was dedicated to Lord Pasupati (Pasupatibhattarake samvatsara pravartkritah) during his reign. This has led some historians to surmise that “the foundation of the era was due…
Busankha (Boys)
Busankha is hair shaving. It’s performed at 6 or 7 years of age. The boy’s maternal uncle shaving hair, the boy’s father’s mother maintains the shaved hair. At the moment of ‘ kayatapuja, ‘ busankha is being performed these days.
Sithan (Funeral)
All Guthi (social organization) members are notified as quickly as a individual dies. Four lamps are placed around the corpse’s four direction. Mha gele, the corpse’s worship is labeled. Funeral procession is accompanied by Nayahkhin drum followed by many wailing and weeping individuals. In various castes, cremation is distinct.
Birth
After childbirth, the mother’s mother’s house is notified. It is performed by sending candy sugar, musk, ginger and so on. After birth, the family involved becomes ritually unclean. They become pure after the tradition of ‘ Machaboo byanke ‘ performed on the morning, sixth or fifth day after the birth of the kid.
Jyah Janko
Jyah janko is a ceremony of ancient age to mark the longevity of one. Five times it’s celebrated. Attainment of 77 years, 7 months, 7 days Second— Chadraratharohan— Attainment of 83 years, 4 months, 4 days Third — Devaratharohan— Attainment of 88 years, 8 months, 8 days Forth— Divyaratharohan— Attainment of 99 years, 9 months,…
Shikali Jatra (Khokana)
Shikali Jatra is celebrated in Khokana, a medieval Newari heritage village in the southern part of the Kathmandu Valley, by a section of the ethnic Newar community. Although the villagers practice Hindus, Dashain is not celebrated. They watch the colorful Shikali Jatra instead of Dashain. The five-day long festival is devoted to Shikali goddess also…
बालेनले बौद्ध धर्मगुरुलाई फिर्ता गरे मुकुट, भने- धार्मिक भावनामा चोट पुगेकोमा क्षमा चाहन्छौं
काठमाडौं । र्याप गायनमा आधारित रियालिटी शो ‘नेपहपको श्रीपेच’लाई लिएर विवाद बढेपछि निर्णायक बालेन साह र विजेता भाइबर साइमनले बौद्ध धर्मगुरुलाई मुकुट फिर्ता गरेका छन् । सोमबार ज्याठामा आयोजित समारोहमा रियालिटी शोको तर्फबाट गल्ती भएको भन्दै बालेनले माफी माग्दै मुकुट बौद्ध गुरुलाई फिर्ता दिएका थिए । शोका निर्माता सुदीप पोखरेलले धार्मिक भावनामा ठेस पुर्याउने आफूहरुको…
Kumari – The Living Goddess
Though the most elaborate Hindu temples are those dedicated to the worship male deities such as Shiva, Ganesha, Vishnu etc, far greater attention is paid to the propitiation of less august though more powerful and dangerous female deities. In addition to the popularity of such non-Tantrik female deities as Saraswati, Lakshmi and Parvati, the newars…