There are no celebrations of the age-old festival this time, so I'm going to take you guys down memory lane. It was back in 2013 when I witnessed Bisket Jatra for the first time being a live witness to the happenings in Taumadhi Square and Dattatreya Square. Here's what happened: I may get...

When it comes to Nepali cuisine, Daal-Bhaat-Tarkari is what everyone thinks of but it is much more diverse than that. Every ethnic group and community has its own food culture and way of cooking. Even the Newar communities living in Kathmandu and Bhaktapur have some variance in their cuisines, and...

Rato Machindranath Chariot Procession which was canceled due to COVID 19 has been decided to begin from the 25th of July. Rato Machindranath is worshiped as the god of rain in Nepal. Chief of Lalitpur Branch Office of Guthi Sansthan, Rajan Bhuju, notified that the auspicious time to begin the...

Nepali pupil (mostly Hindu) observes Nag Panchami across the country by worshipping the snake deity today. They thronged holy sites, including the temples of snake deity, chanting mantras to mark the festival. As per the Hindu tradition, people worship eight principal snake deities offering them cow’s milk, ghee, lava, barley, sesame,...