Nepal by Joe Bindloss

Author:Joe Bindloss
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781742203614
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Published: 2009-10-19T10:00:00+00:00

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BALKUMARI JATRA

While Bhaktapur goes wild for Bisket Jatra Festival, Thimi welcomes the new year with the Balkumari Jatra, a festival that has been celebrated since the time of King Jagat Jyoti Malla in the early 1600s. Honouring Balkumari, one of Bhairab’s consorts, the festival is centred on the Balkumari Temple. As dusk falls hundreds of chirags (ceremonial oil lamps) are lit and some devotees even lie motionless around the temple all night with burning oil lamps balanced on their legs, arms, chests and foreheads.

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