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Janai Purnima and Raksha Bandhan marked at Bindhyabasini [Photo Feature]
Hindus across the country are observing Janai Purnima and Raksha Bandhan on Monday. Janai Purnima is celebrated every year on the full moon day of the month of Shrawan. Hindu men who wear the sacred thread called janai take a bath in a river or pond in the morning and change their janai. On this...
Foreigners enjoy Holi festival in Pokhara
Kaski, March 24: A large number of foreigners visiting the touristic capital city of Pokhara marked the Holi festival, the festival of colours, on Sunday with a great fanfare. The tourists enjoyed the festival by smearing colours each other at Lakeside area in Pokhara at a programme organized by the Restaurant and Bar Association of...
Gaijatra observed in memory of the departed souls (Photo Feature)
POKHARA, Sept. 01: Members of the Newa community marked the festival of Gaijatra all over the country on Thursday. This is important cultural festival of Nepali society, which saw its origin in the Newari culture. King Pratap Malla’s second eldest son Chakrabartendra died in the year 1512 by small pox epidemic which left the queen...