Dolakha Bhimsen: the deity of making good businesses and profits to the devotees

Dolakha Bhimsen: the deity of making good businesses and profits to the devotees.  The deity also helps devotees to get the messages from the no-news relatives and friends or companies. Location: Dolakha District, about 200 km east of Kathmandu

The deity increases the businesses and the profits of
•    Young businesspersons;
•    Young artisans such as bricklayers, carpenters, stone carvers, woodcarvers, barbers, tailors, store-owners, and so on;
•    Drivers, transport entrepreneurs;
•    Hoteliers, restaurant owners;
•    Any sorts of people doing businesses for profits.

The deity helps devotees to receive news from no-news relatives, friends or companies.

Devotees pledge to ‘bhakal’ of making offerings of
•    Regular puja comprising holy water, flower, rice, amber or vermillion, and wicks soaked in oil;
•    Regular puja plus an egg (chicken or duck);
•    Regular puja plus offering of a rooster;
•    Regular puja plus offering of a male goat;
•    Regular puja plus offerings of ‘lakh-vati’ lighting of 125,000 wicks soaked in oil.

Days of the deity: Saturdays are preferred but any day is good for making offerings to the deity.