RASUWA: Devotees have thronged Gosaikunda since the early morning today to observe the Janai Purnima festival. Over 4,000 people have arrived here to partake in the Janai Purnima festival. Gosaikunda, a freshwater lake of profound religious importance, lies at an altitude of 14, 370 feet above the sea level. Gosaikunda Area Development Committee chair Sanjiv […]
A team of specialist doctors has reached Gosaikunda lake to provide emergency medical treatment to the pilgrims visiting on the occasion of Janai Purnima.
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Thousands of devotees came to Gosaikunda on the day of Janai Purnima on Friday to take a bath in the lake’s water. According to Sanjeev DM, chairman of the Gosaikunda Area Development Committee, around 10,000 bathed in the holy water body on Friday, motivated by the popular belief that taking a dip here cleanses a person of all their sins, liberates the souls of their ancestors and gets their wishes fulfilled.
The Gosaikunda fair, which is held every year from the day of Nag Panchami to Janai Purnima, has started this year from Tuesday. With the beginning of the fair, hundreds have started flocking to the lake located in Rasuwa district, according to the Gosaikunda Area Development Committee. The Committee estimates that the pilgrimage site, known in Kathmandu as Silu, will attract around 15,000 devotees this year because the roads are not blocked, the foot trails are in good condition and the weather is clear. Last year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 10,000 people visited the area. Bathing in the lake and worshipping Gosai Baba Lord Shiva is believed to cleanse people of their sins, liberate the spirits of their ancestors and fulfil their wishes
A female shaman performs rituals at Trishul Danda ahead of Janai Purnima festival in Gosainkunda. All photos: PARVEZ SHAIKH week before my planned trek to Gosaikunda last month, I was in Kathmandu uncertain if the annual Janai Purnima festival at the holy lake had been cancelled as Nepal was still reeling from the second wave. […]
