Category : Festivals

Purushottam Mela- "Dedication To Lord Vishnu"

. “Matsya” is a Sanskrit word denoting the avatar of Lord Vishnu in the form of fish whereas “Narayan'' is another name for Lord Vishnu....

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Bakra Eid 'Eid ul-Adha' - The Festival of Sacrifice

Bakra Eid is the celebration of the devotion towards Allah shown by the Prophet Ibrahim, even at the cost of his son’s life.

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Sithi Nakha - A Festival of Gratitude To Lord Kartikeya...

Newari People all over Nepal celebrate Sithi Nakha as a festival by worshiping Lord Kartikeya Kumar and cleansing the water sources.

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Buddha Jayanti - The Most Important Day For Buddhists

Buddha Jayanti or Buddha Purnima is a festival celebrated by Buddhists and Hindus devotees from all over the world.

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Rato Machhindranath Jatra - "A Red Faced Saviour"

The Newar community from Lalitpur celebrate this one month long chariot festival in the honor of the god of rain and harvest, Rato...

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Holi - The Festival of Colors

Holi is named as "The Festival of Colors" and "The Festival of Love" and it marks the beginning of Spring season in the Indian subcontinent.

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Maha Shivaratri - A Hindu Festival Dedicated To Lord...

Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival in which Hindu people joyfully worship Lord Shiva at Pashupatinath Temple.

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Sonam Losar "New Year of Tamang Community in Nepal"

Sonam Losar is the Tamang Community's New Year. On this day, they worship and spend time with their family and relatives.

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Maghe Sankranti Festival in Nepal

Maghe Sankranti is the first day of the tenth month of Nepali solar calendar on which people prepare and eat ghee chaku along with...

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Chhath Parva - Festival To Worship Sun God

People of Terai region celebrate the four days long Chhath Parva and worship the setting sun on Chhath Puja and rising sun on the...

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Bhai Tika - Worship for Long Life of Brother

Bhai tika is the day of worshiping brothers and sisters, and it finally concludes the five day long Tihar Festival (Yama Panchak)...

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Goru Puja | Govardhan Puja | Mha Puja - Fourth Day...

On the following day of Lakshmi Puja of Tihar Festival, Hindu people celebrate different events like Goru Puja, Govardhan Puja, and...

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Lakshmi Puja - The Day of Worshipping Cows and Goddess...

Lakshmi puja is one of the main days of Tihar festival which falls on the third day of festival. People worship cows and Goddess Lakshmi...

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Kukur Tihar- A Day To Worship Dogs in Nepal

As said "Every dog has its day", it is true here in Nepal. Kukur Tihar is a day in which people worship Dogs every year as a messenger...

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Kaag Tihar - Begining of Tihar Festival

Kaag Tihar is the first day of Tihar festival in which people celebrating the festival worship a 'crow' in the morning and feed the...

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Tihar Festival - The Festival of Lights

Tihar festival is celebrated in honor of Yama, the god of death. People worship four animals on the first four days, and Bhai Tika...

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Nine Incarnations of Goddess Durga (NavaDurga)

People Worship Nine forms of Goddess Durga in Dashain festival. Here is the list of nine incarnations of Goddess Durga with appearance...

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Kojagrat Purnima - Last day of Dashain Festival

The dashain festival ends on the full moon of the sixth month of Nepali Lunar Calendar. This day of dashain festival is named as Kojagrat...

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Papankusha Ekadashi - The Day to Worship Lord Vishnu

Papankusha Ekadashi is the day after Vijaya Dashami. Hindu people celebrating Dashain Festival worship Lord Vishnu to atones of their...

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Vijaya Dashami (Devi Visarjan) - Tenth Day of Dashain...

People in Nepal celebrate Vijaya Dashami on the tenth day of Dashain Festival and they celebrate this day as Tika receiving day.

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Maha Nawami - Ninth Day of Dashain Festival

Maha Nawami marks the day on which the ninth incarnation of Goddess got victory over the demon 'Mahishasura' which symbolises the...

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Maha Ashtami - Sacrificial Day of Dashain Festival

The eighth day of Dashain Festival is named as Maha Ashtami. In this day, people sacrifice the animals to worship Goddess Bhadrakali.

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Fulpati (Saptami) - Seventh Day of Dashain Festival

The seventh day of dashain festival represents the day on which people celebrating dashain festival bring Fulpati to their home.

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Ghatasthapana - Begining Day of Dashain Festival

Ghatasthapana is the day from which the dashain festival in Nepal begins. It usually falls on the New moon day of the month Ashwin.

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Dashain "Happy Vijaya Dashami" - Hindu Festival

Dashain is one of the main festival of Hindu people. The festival falls on the month Ashwin and people celebrate it with great joy.

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Indra Jatra "Yenya" Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal

Indra Jatra also known as Yenya festival is one of the festivals which Newari people in Kathmandu celebrate for 8 days long.

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Nag Panchami | Hindu Festival To Worship Snakes

Hindu people all over the world celebrate 'Nag Panchami' as a festival. On this day, in Nepal, people paste Naag posters and worship...

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Gaura Parva | Festival in Far Western Nepal

Women of the Far western region celebrate the Gaura Parva Festival. They replace Teej with this festival and celebrate it for 7 days...

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Teej | Hindu Women's Festival

From the day after Bhadra’s new moon, Hindu women celebrate Teej festival for 3 days. It is known all over the world as a festival...

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Nepali Father's Day (Kushe Aunsi) | Motiram Jayanti

Father's Day in Nepal is celebrated on a different day from the rest of the world. The day is known as Kushe Aunsi and is celebrated...

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Shree Krishna Janmashtami (श्रीकृष्ण जन्माष्टमी)

People all over Nepal celebrate Krishna Janmashtami on the eighth day of Krishna Paksha which falls on Bhadra (Late August or early...

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Gai Jatra Festival in Nepal

Gai Jatra is a famous festival celebrated to commemorate the death of their family members. People also pass funny comments on the...

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National Paddy Day 'Dhan Diwas' - दही चिउरा खने दीन...

National Paddy day (Dhan Diwas) is celebrated as a National festival every year in Nepal. People celebrate this day by eating Dahi...

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Janai Purnima

Janai Purnima is celebrated by people all over Nepal. It is viewed as a different event by different groups andregion within the country.

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