This year the Naag Panchami festival falls on Friday the 13th of August, 2021. On the day, people celebrate by worshiping the snake god and pasting a poster of Naag on their doors. Panchami is the fifth day among the fifteen days of the moon’s waxing and/or waning cycle. This is a special day of
There is an ancient story about the love between the Sun and Parijat flower. Plants love the sunlight, they thrive in sunlight. In thick forests, tall trees survive because of the sunlight they get and shorter ones don’t. Chlorophyll in the leaf use light to produce the essentials. Here is the story: The story is
On the 15th of Shrawan in Nepal, people celebrate by eating rice pudding. The delicious food is prepared by cooing rice in milk and with the addition of various dry fruits, sugar and other delicious additions. There is an ancient story of Rice pudding and why people set aside a little bit of pudding before
A Rishi (learned person) Lived in a beautiful place on the bank of river Bagmati. The Rishi lived alone and followed rigorous self-discipline. One beautiful morning, the Rishi was blissfully taking bath in the river. At that time, a hawk was flying over the river with a mouse gripped in its claws. Luckily, the mouse
People celebrate Teacher’s Day all over the world. In Nepal, the Teacher’s Day is called Guru Purnima. This year, in 2021 it is on July 24. As the festival is being celebrated on Full Mood day, it is Purnima. Traditionally Guru is the person who teaches the scared Mantra and ways of life. They used
Shrawan 1 (July 16 in 2021) is being celebrated as the Luto Falne Din or Saune Sakranti (1st of Shrawan) in different parts of Nepal. The celebration is more common in hilly part of Nepal among the farmers. The story of the day : The day also marks the first day to start eating the
Among various festival’s in Nepal, this is another agricultural festival celebrated to start the planting of rice. Ashad 15 (Asar 15) is considered the auspicious day to start rice planting for better crop production. The day has been celebrated for ages by the farmers in Nepal. On recognition of the tradition, Nepal government on 14
Nepali Numbers and English numbers are similar. They look similar and are drawn similarly. I had done a post on how to count in Nepali. There are words to represent large Nepali numbers (the name of the number came from Sanskrit so they are similar in Sanskrit and Hindi). One in Nepali looks like “१”
Like every year, Baisakh Purnima this year falls on May 26, 2021. The birthday of Gautam Buddha (Siddhartha Gautam) and the day he died fell on the same day. Actually, it was not only the birth and death, he received his enlightenment on the very day. A new statue installed at Baluwatar, Prime Minister of
Full story in Nepali Told by Sashai Guragain: English translation of the story : Once upon a time, there was a kingdom ruled by a brave King who had two lovely sons. The eldest son was named Sishir and the younger son was named Basanta. Both the King and the Queen were loved by the
