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Nepal celebrates age-old tradition of bringing assortment of "Phulpati" fr
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 2 (ANI): A palanquin of Phulpati arrived at Basantapur Durbar Square's Dashain Ghar from Gorkha Durbar, both former royal palaces, honouring the age-old tradition that started about a century ago.
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Nepal: Khokana celebrates Sikali Jatra instead of Dashain festival
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Lalitpur [Nepal], October 1 (ANI): At a time when other parts of Nepal are celebrating the fortnight-long Dashain festival, a medieval Newari heritage village in the Southern part of Kathmandu Valley, Khokana, is marking Sikali Jatra, which is somewhat different.
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China bars trucks carrying goods for Dashain festival from entering Nepal
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Chautara [Nepal], September 8 (ANI): Containers loaded with clothes, electronic devices, fruits and other items that are being imported to Nepal for the Dashain festival have been stopped in the Tibet region by Chinese authorities, media reports said.
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Search for Nepal's new 'Living Goddess-Kumari' begins
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], April 14 (ANI): Panauti, an ancient town in Nepal, is all set to begin the search for a Living Goddess-Kumari.
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Nine-day festival Bada Dashain begins in Nepal with Barley plantation
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 7 (ANI): The Hindu community in Nepal planted barley in a jar filled with soil and cow dung for germination of "Jamara" (barley shoots) on Thursday to mark the formal start of Dashain, also known as Bada Dashain.
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Ahead of Dashain, advance bus ticket booking starts in Nepal
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 27 (ANI): Ahead of Dashain festival, transport operators of Nepal on Monday started window of advance booking of tickets to facilitate students and people involved in various professions in Kathmandu to travel to their home districts outside the capital.
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COVID-19 pandemic dampens Nepal's annual Dashain celebration
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 26 (ANI): If it wasn't for the COVID-19 outbreak, then the family of Mira Adhikari, a housewife who lost her job due to the coronavirus pandemic, would have gone to their ancestral house for Dashain celebration.
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As Covid-19 cases rise, Nepal PM urges people to exercise caution during D
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 23 (ANI): With the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the Nepal, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has urged people to exercise caution while celebrate the Dashain festival and go in for small private celebrations to avoid the further spread of the infection.
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Sikali Jatra, an alternative for Dashain for people of Khokana in Nepal
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Lalitpur [Nepal], October 23 (ANI): Known for its cultural identity and mustard oil, Khokana, a medieval Newari heritage village in the Southern part of Kathmandu Valley celebrates the Sikali Jatra instead of the Dashain Festival.
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Festival of 'Dashain' formally starts in Nepal
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Sept 29 (ANI): Dashain, also known as Bada Dashain, the greatest and the longest festival observed by Hindus in Nepal formally began from Sunday with Ghatasthapana.
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Travellers stranded in Nepalgunj airport for lack of air tickets
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Khajura [Nepal], Oct 17 (RSS/ANI): The numbers of passengers is swelling at Nepalgunj airport with only two days left for Bijaya Dashami, the last day of the 10 days long Bada Dashain festival, the biggest festival of the Nepalis.
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Dashain begins in Nepal with Barley plantation
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Oct 10, (ANI): The nine-day festival of Bada Dashain began on Wednesday morning amidst the sound of ancient musical instruments and firing of shots in the air by the Nepalese Army, known as Paltan, in the courtyard of ancient Palace of Nepal, a UNESCO heritage site.
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