Newars welcome Nepal Sambat New Year 1140.

People from ethnic Newar community participate in celebration of New Year Nepapl Sambat 1140 in Kathmandu,Nepal. Nepal Sambat, found by Shankhadhar Sakhwa, is a national lunar calendar of Nepal which begins on fourth day of Tihar festival.Nepal’s Newar community marks the commencement of the Nepal Sambat ‘1140’, today. The Nepal Sambat is the new year of the Newar community.
On the occasion, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli extended his greetings to the Newari community and all Nepalis stating that the Nepal Sambat would encourage all Nepalis to be united. Nepal Sambat 1140 Kachhala Tho Paru (Tuesday) is an unequal day – much different from any other ordinary day in any measurable aspect. The golden rays of the rising sun stroking the pinnacles of the majestic Himalayas on this day heralds in a brand New Year in Nepal and aspires all Nepalis, wherever they be, to recollect, rejoice and reconcile for an altogether new beginning.
It was then 1139 years ago that an ordinary lay citizen, neither a king nor a saint, by the name of Sankhadhar Sakhwa, who came into a large fortune by way of gold in the sand, with a pure Nepali heart pounding in his chest, redeemed all his countrymen of all their debts and dues so that they all could wipe their tears and look up front to an altogether new life and a new beginning.
Relieved, reborn, Nepal marked the day as a new beginning in time, the beginning of a new era and with hardened patriotism and grace of the land, named it Nepal Sambat to continue timeless into the future. Nepal Sambat is the chronicle of Nepal and the Nepalis. Tuesday is that day, 1140 years into the present. On this day, a deep blue sky, a cool fresh breeze and flowers in myriad colours and shapes congregate into a wholesome harmony in Nepal. It is a day when spontaneity springs forth from all quarters. On this day, peace and harmony reverberate in the air – in all animate and in all inanimate.
On all other days, the physical pays homage to the spiritual, but this day is special, as on the first day of Nepal Sambat, the spiritual pays homage to the physical. It is the day when the Newars perform the special ritual known as ‘Mha Puja’ (literally, body worship), a homage to the physical embodiment of the self that it may endure in good health and carry the spirit to the next new year.
And it is the day when all Nepalis exchange greetings with all of their kind and all of their friends with a spontaneous flow of good wishes and goodwill echoed in one single word “Bhintuna” (Wish you good!).
And that is what Nepal needs now – the spirit and the physical endowments to look and stride up front towards a new beginning, the spirit of goodwill and good wishes, the spirit of brotherhood, sisterhood, nationhood and a bonded unity among all Nepalis regardless of their ethnic origins – all soaked in a spirit of peace and harmony. Nepal Sambat carries an unfailing message to every Nepali: look within yourself and see Sankhadhar Sakhwa smile in your heart. Bhintuna.

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Taleju Bhawani# People have thronged the temple of Taleju Bhawani at Kathmandu Durbar Square area since this morning to pay homage to the goddess on the occasion of the Maha Nawami, the ninth day of the 10th-day Bada Dashain festival.
The temple is opened to public only once in a year (on the day of Maha Nawami). Prayers, worshipping and animal sacrifice are taking place in the temple. Arrangements have been made for devotees to enter the temple from two routes: one is from Indrachowk and another is towards the New Road area.
The temple built during the Malla era was damaged by the 2015 April earthquake and it is being rebuild. Other historic monuments and temples remaining in the area were built in a period between the King Ratna Malla and Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah.
The temples of Jagannath, Shiva-Parbati, and Kal Bhairabh, Maiju Dewal, Kumari Ghar, Basantapur Durbar, Gaddi Baithak and Kastamandap are other important heritages located in the area.For more picture plz do visit my Facebook page-https://www.facebook.com/pg/Jimmy-pramod-Malakar-278380345536088/photos/?tab=albums&ref=page_internal

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KIRTIPUR DEVI PYAKHA \किर्तीपुरकाे तःननिमा सकल ग्वारा नाच नाच्दै देवीनाचका पात्रहरू । तः ननि दाफा खलःद्वारा संचालित यस नाचमा ब्रहायणी, भैरव, इन्द्रायणी, ख्याक र कवं नाचिन्छ विभिन्न बाजाकाे तालमा ।

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 Hindu devotees dressed as deities drink blood of a bird as part of traditonal rituals participating in festivities during celebrations for the Sikali Jatra festival in the village of Khokana, Lalitpur, Nepal.Sikali Jatra or festival is celebrated by the locals living in an ancient village Khokana.

 A Hindu devotee dressed as a deity performs traditional dance participating in festivities during celebrations for the Sikali Jatra festival in the village of Khokana, Lalitpur, Nepal, oct 27, 2019. Sikali Jatra or festival is celebrated by the locals living in an ancient village Khokana

सिकाली मेला

खोकना — नवरात्रिको सुरुवातको दिन घटस्थापनादेखि खोकना उत्सवमय छ । हरेक दिन बेग्लाबेग्लै तरिकाले पर्व मनाइरहेको छ । दसैंमा हरेक दिन दुर्गाको पूजा गरेर मनाएभन्दा फरक छ । खोकनामा हरेक वर्ष दसैंको बेला सिकाली मेला मनाइन्छ ।

‘हामी जमरा राख्दैनौं । टीका लगाउँदैनौं,’ खोकनाको प्रसिद्ध सिकाली जात्रामा जुटेका स्थानीयबासी अस्टेन्द्र महर्जन भन्छन्, ‘काठमाडौंका अरू नेवार बस्तीभन्दा पृथक पर्व मनाउँछ खोकनाले । खासमा शाहवंशको स्थापना हुनु पहिला काठमाडौंका नेवारीले दसैंमा जमरा राख्ने गर्दैनथे । टीका लगाउने गर्दैनथे । अहिले भने अरू ठाउँकाले जमरा राख्छन् । टीका लगाउँछन् ।’

घटस्थापनामा कुमार पूजा गरेपछि खोकनाको यो उत्सव सुरु हुन्छ । ८ जना कुमारले घटस्थापनाको दिनदेखि तीन दिनसम्म घर घर गएर पूजाका सामान माग्छन् । उखु बोकेका कुमारले हातमा थाली बोकेका हुन्छन् । त्यही थालीमा पूजाका सामान माग्छन् । थाली भरिएपछि झोलामा राख्छन् ।

पूजाका समानमा स्थानीय रूपमा फल्ने काँक्रा, भोगटे, उखु जस्ता फलफूल, चामल, फूललगायत हुन्छन् । झोला भरिएपछि पूजाका सामान बस्तीको बीचमा रहेको रुद्रायणी मन्दिरमा लगेर थन्काउँछन् । मन्दिरमा जम्मा भएको पूजा सामग्री गाउँबाट डेढ किलोमिटर पश्चिमतिर रहेको सिकाली मन्दिरमा लैजान्छन् । ‘यहाँ पनि कुमार केटाको पूजा हुन्छ,’ महर्जन भन्छन्, ‘सिकालीमा पूजा गरेपछि खोकनादेखि सिकालीसम्मको देवताको बाटोमा रहेका देवतालाई पुज्दैपुज्दै आउँछन् ।’

बस्तीमा दुईवटा प्रमुख बाटा छन् । एउटा बाटो देवताको, अर्को बाटो शव लैजान मलामी हिँड्ने बाटो । तीनवटा ढोका छन् । तीन ढोकामध्ये एउटा ढोकाबाट देवताको बाटो सुरु हुन्छ । एउटा ढोकाबाट शव लैजाने बाटो सुरु हुन्छ । देवता हिँड्ने बाटो पनि सिकालीतिरै जान्छ । शव लैजाने बाटो पनि सिकालीतिरै जान्छ । दायाँतिर देवताको बाटो छ । बायाँतिर शव लैजाने बाटो ।

उत्तरतिरको ढोका बस्ती छिर्ने ढोका हो । यो अहिलेको बसपार्क छेउमै छ । दक्षिणढोकाबाट देवताको बाटो सुरु हुन्छ । दक्षिणढोका रुद्रायणी स्कुलबाट सुरु हुन्छ । पश्चिमढोका बस्तीको पल्लो छेउमा पर्छ । यही ढोकाबाट मलामी बाटो सुरु हुन्छ ।

देवताको बाटोमा अष्टमातृका देवी छन् । घटस्थापनाको छैटौं दिनमा यही बाटो भएर रुद्रायणी देवता सिकाली लगिन्छ । मन्दिरमा रहेका रुद्रायणी पनि खटमा राखेर लगिन्छ । ४६ जनाको रुद्रायणी देवगण हुन्छन् ।

सिकालीको दोस्रो विशेष उत्सव हो छोइला बु । तीन दिनसम्म कुमार पूजा भएपछि राति विशेष कार्यक्रम हुन्छ । मन्दिरमा राँगा बलि दिइन्छ । तीनवटा गुठीले तीनवटा राँगा बलि दिएपछि त्यसैको मासुको विशेष परिकार बनाइन्छ, जसलाई छोइला बु भनिन्छ । त्यो दिन अरू परिकार नबनाई मासुको मात्र भोज हुन्छ ।

सबै गुठियार जम्मा भएर मनाइन्छ यो उत्सव । बलिदिएका राँगाको रगतचाहिँ सिकाली मन्दिरमा चढाउने चलन छ । गुठीमा छोइला बु मनाएको भोलिपल्ट घरघरमा पनि छोइला बु मनाइन्छ । गुठीमा जस्तै घरमा पनि मासुको मात्र भोज खाने चलन छ यो दिनमा । यो घटस्थापनाको चौथो दिनको विशेष कार्यक्रम हो ।

पाँचौं दिनको उत्सव हो भुज्या । रातिको समयमा गुठियार जम्मा भएर विशेष तान्त्रिक विधिबाट छ्याङ बनाउने दिन हो यो । छ्याङ बनाउँदा वीरभद्र महांकाललाई जगाएर छ्याङ बनाउने गरिन्छ । अरुमान्छेले सामान्यत:१५ दिन लगाएर तयार पार्ने छ्याङ यो बेला एकै रातमा बनाइन्छ । छ्याङ बनाउन यहाँको प्राचीन तीनवटा गुठीका गुठियार जम्मा हुन्छन् ।

यहाँ त:गुठी, सना गुठी र जगु गरी तीनवटा निजी गुठी छन् । प्रत्येक गुठीबाट ८ जनाको दरले गुठियार जम्मा हुन्छन् । रुद्रायणी गुठीचाहिँ राजगुठी हो । ‘यो विशेष तान्त्रिक विधिबाट तयार गरिन्छ,’ गुठीका इनामा गुरु जयराम महर्जन भन्छन्, ‘तान्त्रिक विधि गोप्य हुन्छ ।’

Bhaktapur culture and Festivals\भक्तपुरकाे ब्रम्हायणीमा आज नवदुर्गाकाे मुखाैटा दर्शनका साथै शरीरमा बत्ती बाल्ने क्रममा ।

 A Little kid hold oil lamps on his body during the tenth day of Dashain Festival in Bramayani Temple, Bhaktapur, Nepal.