Diwali / Tihar

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First Day of Diwali

First day of Dipawali/Tihar festival begins with the worship of the bird, Crow (known as the messenger of Death or the Informant of Yama-God of Dea...

Second Day of Diwali

The second day of Tihar is called ‘Kukur (Dog) Tihar’.  On this day, people worship the best friend of human, dog; which mythologically is referred...

Laxmi Puja – The Third day of Diwali/ Tihar

The pavements that lead to the main entrance and the way up to the Puja Kotha (worship room) is marked like a red carpet, believed to be the path w...

Goverdan Puja / Mha Puja – The Fourth day of Diwali/ Tihar

The day begins with the worship of Govardhan (symbolic representation of mountain). The Newar community has their own celebration in the evening of...

Bhai Tika - The Fifth (Last) day of Diwali/ Tihar

The last day of the five-day long festival is called ‘Bhai Tika.’ On this day, sisters worship their brother and pray for their long life, health, ...