{"id":1224,"date":"2022-04-24T11:06:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T11:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alphaadventuretreks.com\/blog\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2022-04-24T11:08:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T11:08:58","slug":"seto-machhindranath-jatra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alphaadventuretreks.com\/blog\/seto-machhindranath-jatra\/","title":{"rendered":"Seto Machhindranath Jatra: Chariot Festival of Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Seto Machindranath<\/a> Rath jatra is held every year around the end of March (Chaitra Sukla Aastami). Seto Machindranath Rath Jatra is a prominent Kathmandu Valley traditional festival<\/a> celebrated mostly by native Newari people. The god of rain, Seto Machindranath (White Machindranath), is worshipped. The god Seto Machindranath’s statue is transported up to Jamal Tindhara in a small chariot during the jatra. The statue is then transferred to a larger chariot and driven around Kathmandu’s city center. Ason, Hanumandhoka, Jaisideval, and Lagan are among the places where the chariot is driven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A large mass of devotees pushes the chariot up to Ason on the first day of the Jatra. The next day, the chariot is hauled from Ason to HanumanDhoka. On the third day, it arrives in Lagan. Pataa Chayegu is a tradition in which money and gliter paper are rolled into various colors of fabric and distributed from the top. The chariot is then dragged around a tree in Maa Seema, which is also the location of Seto Machindranath’s mother’s temple. After one or two days, the statue of Seto Machindranath is returned to its original position, the Jana Bahal temple. In the little Chariot, the statue is transported. This Jatra lasts until the full moon day (Purinima), After three laps of the temple housing Janabaha Dyo’s mother, the procession comes to a conclusion there. Wherever the chariot stops, worshippers bring trays of offerings and light rows of butter lamps to honor the deity. The statue is carried back to the temple on the fourth day after a special ceremony. The chariot has been dismantled and the components are being stored until next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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