Indra Jatra Festival Celebrated with Traditional Rituals

Kathmandu. Kumari Indra Jatra, known as a unique, religious, and cultural festival of the Kathmandu Valley, is being celebrated today with various rituals according to traditional methods. The main characteristics of this festival are the deep coordination of Hindu and Buddhist traditions, worship of the living goddess Kumari, installation of the Indradhwaj, chariot procession, traditional dances of various deities, and local Newari culture.This festival, primarily associated with rain, prosperity, and abundance, has the living goddess Kumari's chariot procession as its most attractive aspect. The chariot of the living goddess Kumari, considered a representative of Goddess Taleju, is taken on a...