Panchadan Festival Celebrated in Bhaktapur

Bhaktapur. The important religious and cultural festival of the Buddhist Newar community, Panchadan, has been celebrated with devotion and reverence in Bhaktapur.On the occasion of this festival, celebrated on the thirteenth day of the waning moon of Bhadra, Panchadan has been organized collectively in various neighborhoods, vihars, and bahals of Bhaktapur.In Panchadan, Buddhists have a tradition of donating food, fruits, clothes, medicine, and other necessary materials to the Bhikshu, Shakya, and Vajracharya communities. On the occasion of the festival, Dipankar Buddha, taken out from five vihars of Bhaktapur, was paraded through various parts of the city and Buddhist vihars throughout...