Friday, December 17, 2010

Jatras of Bhaktpur

Bisket is celebrated in the ocation of new year. In this jatra lord Bhairab is worshiped as god of power.  This jatra is celebrated for 9 days longer.thi jatra was started since from malla periods. All the people of Bhaktapur and the people from different places of Nepal come to watch it.People pulled the rath which is os 3 storied of Pagoda style of Lord Bhairab and Ajeema in the Taumadi tole and bring it to the Khalla tole in order to puule up the sleeping god lingo which is about 55m long with big Nagnagina .It is pulled by the peoples own hand power.Many people blessess each other for their upcoming new year.


A MYTH OF THI CARIVAL
Bisket jatra is one of the famous festival of bhaktapur.There is an interseting myth about thi deity. oncce god Kashi Vishwanath had incarnated as a man to see Bisket jatra(carnival).A socerer of Nepal came to know this things. And he controlled Kasi Vishwanath through the power of his spell. But Kashi vishwanath having escaped, that tantrik cutt off the head and established as a Bhairab lord and continue the jatra by worshiping these god as main god.

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