Kathmandu, October 3 — This year's Bijaya Dashami, also known as Dashain, begins today, starting from Ashwin Shukla Pratipada (first day of lunar month). The festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm for 15 days, culminating on the full moon of Ashwin Shukla. On the first day of Dashain, households perform the Ghatasthapana, which involves the ceremonial installation of a pot (ghata), a kalash (sacred pitcher), and the deity Ganesh.
In the puja room or Dashain Ghar, the worship of the powerful goddess Durga begins by invoking her presence through Vedic rituals. This morning, after completing daily rituals, devotees will...
Kathmandu, October 3 — This year's Bijaya Dashami, also known as Dashain, begins today, starting from Ashwin Shukla Pratipada (first day of lunar month). The festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm for 15 days, culminating on the full moon of Ashwin Shukla. On the first day of Dashain, households perform the Ghatasthapana, which involves the ceremonial installation of a pot (ghata), a kalash (sacred pitcher), and the deity Ganesh.
In the puja room or Dashain Ghar, the worship of the powerful goddess Durga begins by invoking her presence through Vedic rituals. This morning, after completing daily rituals, devotees will...
Mid-Autumn Festival is here! It is one of China's seven national holidays and one of my favorites. Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhongqiu Jie) celebrates the harvest season and the legend of the moon goddess, Chang'e. As the story goes, Chang'e drank the elixir of immortality and flew to the moon, where she lives to this day with her pet, the Jade Rabbit. Her husband, Houyi, who saved the people from the brutal heat of the 10 suns, began offering cakes and fruits to Chang'e after she became stuck on the moon, and then many people who admired Chang'e and Houyi started to do the same.
The Sawa Lakh Rot festival started today. Ramaji Aryal, central chairman of the center 'Siddhashram Shakti Kendra' has started the 19th Rot Festival at Gorakhnath cave. Today, a chariot journey was made from Gorkha Bazaar to Durbar including various musical instruments.
Shakti Kendra seekers and locals were present on the journey. Every year, the Siddhashram Shakti Kendra has been holding the festival for 11 days from the full moon day of Baisakh and offering 'rot' as the day when King Prithvi Narayan Shah's Guru Gorakhnath appeared. One hundred thousand 'rots' are offered during this festival.
Baise dhara Festival is a big fair which is held in Balaju bypass, Kathmandu. This festival is also known as the full moon festival. It is believed that taking a ritual shower at the 22 stone spouts
Baitadi, Nov 10 . Festival fervor has gripped the hilly districts of the Far-west province along with Tihar, the second biggest festival of the Nepalis. The festive environment has started in Darchula, Dadeldhura and Baitadi districts with the start of the Kattik Shuklapakshya. Kattik Shuklapakshya or the waxing moon period in the month of Kattik […]
