Kathmandu, 27 September, 2019: With the start of the Dashain festival, festival are leaving their homes for the towns to leave the Kathmandu Valley.
According to the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division, approximately 317,000 people left the valley in just three days since the Ghatastapan festival was formally started on 21 September.
Sarvendra Khanal, head of the division, said that people are using Nagadhunga, Jagati and Farping entry and exit points.
Khanal said that generally, around 80,000 people leave the valley on other days, the number of people leaving Kathmandu is increasing with the onset of Dashain festival.
A total of 94,340 people left Kathmandu on the day of subsistence, while 107,078 people participated on the second day and 111,734 on the third day.
Saroj Sitaula, general secretary of the National Federation of Nepal Transport Entrepreneurs, said that around 6,000 public vehicles have been deployed to serve passengers going out of the valley for the festival. According to an estimate by the Department of Transportation, about 2.1 million people will leave the valley for the festival this year.
This is the longest and most auspicious festival of Bikram Sambat and Nepal annual calendar, which the Nepalese celebrate with their diaspora all over the world. It is the most awaited festival in Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and the North Indian hills. People return from all parts of the world as well as different parts of the country to celebrate together. All government offices, educational institutions and other offices remain closed during the festival period. The festival falls in September or October, which begins on the Shukla Paksha (bright lunar fortnight) of the month of Ashwin and ends on the full moon. Of the fifteen days in which it is celebrated, the most important are the first, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and fifteenth days.
Dasha is celebrated as the most important festival of the calendar year in Nepal, amidst the Dasha of the Kathmandu Valley. Between Hindus and Nyaras, it is celebrated with slight differences and interpretations, where every nine days of Navratri (Nepal Bhasa: Navratri) are on the 10th day, called ‘Dashami’, having special significance. [8] Goddess Durga and her various forms are worshiped especially by the Shaktipeeths of the Kathmandu Valley by Hindu nyas. Among the Newars, Mawani is also important in emphasizing family ceremonies as well as on the renewal of community relations, which is underlined by the name of the special family dinner, called Nakhtiya (Nepal Bhasa: Nathya) and various of the deities. The community is called Jara (Nepal Bhasa: Jatra). In the three royal cities of the Kathmandu Valley. In these 10th days, Buddhists pray for the hunting of Bali (sacrificial) animals which shows how animals change our lives.
According to the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division, approximately 317,000 people left the valley in just three days since the Ghatastapan festival was formally started on 21 September.
Sarvendra Khanal, head of the division, said that people are using Nagadhunga, Jagati and Farping entry and exit points.
Khanal said that generally, around 80,000 people leave the valley on other days, the number of people leaving Kathmandu is increasing with the onset of Dashain festival.
A total of 94,340 people left Kathmandu on the day of subsistence, while 107,078 people participated on the second day and 111,734 on the third day.
Saroj Sitaula, general secretary of the National Federation of Nepal Transport Entrepreneurs, said that around 6,000 public vehicles have been deployed to serve passengers going out of the valley for the festival. According to an estimate by the Department of Transportation, about 2.1 million people will leave the valley for the festival this year.
This is the longest and most auspicious festival of Bikram Sambat and Nepal annual calendar, which the Nepalese celebrate with their diaspora all over the world. It is the most awaited festival in Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and the North Indian hills. People return from all parts of the world as well as different parts of the country to celebrate together. All government offices, educational institutions and other offices remain closed during the festival period. The festival falls in September or October, which begins on the Shukla Paksha (bright lunar fortnight) of the month of Ashwin and ends on the full moon. Of the fifteen days in which it is celebrated, the most important are the first, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and fifteenth days.
Dasha is celebrated as the most important festival of the calendar year in Nepal, amidst the Dasha of the Kathmandu Valley. Between Hindus and Nyaras, it is celebrated with slight differences and interpretations, where every nine days of Navratri (Nepal Bhasa: Navratri) are on the 10th day, called ‘Dashami’, having special significance. [8] Goddess Durga and her various forms are worshiped especially by the Shaktipeeths of the Kathmandu Valley by Hindu nyas. Among the Newars, Mawani is also important in emphasizing family ceremonies as well as on the renewal of community relations, which is underlined by the name of the special family dinner, called Nakhtiya (Nepal Bhasa: Nathya) and various of the deities. The community is called Jara (Nepal Bhasa: Jatra). In the three royal cities of the Kathmandu Valley. In these 10th days, Buddhists pray for the hunting of Bali (sacrificial) animals which shows how animals change our lives.