Thursday, April 26, 2012
Bel Biwaha of a Newar Girl
Bel Bibaha “Ehee” is a ritual that signifies a coming
of age for Newar girls. It is an age-old tradition followed
devoutly by the Newar community – the predominant resident
population in Patan, Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Kirtipur in Nepal.
Sunday, April 01, 2012
Butter lamps for Seto Machindranath
The Seto (white) Machindranath, resides at Ason, Kathmandu 31 March 2012. Hindu and Buddist devotees from the ethnic Newar community offering butter lamps to Seto Machindranath.
Every year Seto Machindranath Rath Jatra on Chaitra Sukla Aastami Machindranath is carried up to Jamal Tindhara in the small chariot to put in the big chariot which is then pulled around core city of Kathmandu like Ason, Hanumandhoka, Jaisideval ,Lagan. The first day chariot is pulled up to Ason , in next day up to HamumanDhoka and in third day it will reach Lagan where it is pulled around the tree(Maa Seema) and the temple of mother of Seto Machindranath then after one two days Seto Machindranata is carried back to its temple at Jana Bahal in small Chariot. The Jatra continue till Purinima.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Popular Posts
-
“Beauty is an attribute of children” wrote poet philosopher ‘Friedrich Holderlin. And indeed Children inspire a great many artist, poet, pa... -
It was a cold rainy morning and I got little wet while coming to my office. So I tried to make myself warm sipping black tea and reading new... -
Cascade of claps and cheers from the crowd crowned me not less than Lance Armstrong in winning Tour de France when I wheeled the finish li...
-
It was a weary day Dreams drained, life seems so bane. Lonesome dusk; An stranger asked, * How was your day? ... and my eyes got wet. It wa... -
The tower clock across the block has just hit 3:30 in the dead of night, and the denizens of city are cuddled up in their warm beds. But not... -
Hey Jiten Mama what are you doing? That's the camera . Oooooo I know what you up to. Do I look Cute? Cheeeeeeeeese.. Jiten Mama! Can I ...
