On July 9, 2017 Guru Purnima festival (Teacher’s Day) is being celebrated in Nepal to honour all teachers. The festival falls on the full-moon day of Ashadh month of Nepali calendar (June-July). Traditionally, Guru is the person who first teaches a child to learn the scared gayatri mantra during bratabandha (sacred thread) ceremony. That was
April 29, 2017 is celebrated as Akshya Tritiya in Nepal. The day is significant to Hindu and Jain followers because it is the day Lord Parsurama was born. Parsurama is considered the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Parsurama was the song of Jamadagni and Renuka. Veda Vyas began to write Mahabharata. Lord Shiva and Parvati
Click here for 2018 Update with more photos and mantra. Today on February 1, 2017, students in Nepal are celebrating Shree Panchasmi, the festival of the goddess of learning and education. Shree Panchami is also called Basanta Panchami or Saraswati Puja. The festival is being celebrated across Nepal by worshipping the goddess of knowledge, wisdom,
Every year, in October/November, people in Nepal and Nepali all over the world celebrate Tihar festival. This year, in 2016, the five-days-long festival Tihar was completed on November 1. Some facts about Tihar festival Tihar is the second biggest festival in Nepal. (First biggest festival is Dashain.) Tihar is celebrated for 5 days. It is
This is a beautiful poem by the noted Nepali poet, Lekhnath Poudel. Lekhnath is known to compose well versed poems. Poem : A rough translation of the poem: All the mud and dirt has gone Rain has got lost Goddess is worshiped and the shower of happiness Everywhere, everybody says Here comes Dashain, here comes
In Western world there are 4 season. But, in Nepal there are 6 seasons. Two additional seasons in Nepal are Rainy Season and Pre-winter Season. Nepali seasons are 2-months long. 6 Seasons in Nepal: Basanta Ritu (Spring) Grishma Ritu (Summer) Barsha Ritu (Rainy) Sharad Ritu (Autumn) Hemanta Ritu (Pre-winter) Shishir Ritu (Winter) Video summary of
The Buddha Jayanti is the day of the birth of Gautam Buddha. It was not only the day of his birth but also the day he was enlightened and also the day he left the world. Every important events of his days had fallen on the same day of the year – Baisakh Purnima. It
