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Maithili and Bhojhpuri Nepalis living in the mid and eastern Tarai region celebrate “Chhatha Parva” fabulously starting on the fourth day of the bright fortnight (kartik sukla pachaya) of Kartik (October-November) and ending on the seventh day for the blessings of Goddess “Chhatha” Devi. During this festival, devotees half submerged in a pond or a
The last day of the five-day Tihar festival is the day for worshipping brothers by their sisters. But, if you don’t have sisters or brothers, you have an option to go worship at the Jamaleshwore temple or Ranipokhari temple. Jamaleswore Mahadev is at the center of Ranipokhari pond in Kathmandu; who substitutes both for sisters
In Nepal, sisters perform ‘bhai tika’, which means worshipping of brothers. Bhai-taka is performed on the second day of the bright fortnight (kartik sukla pachaya) of Kartik (October-November). This is the last day of the five-day festival of lights and flowers called ‘Tihar’ or ‘Deepawali’. Sisters worship their brothers by applying tikas of different colors
The last day of the five-day light festival, Deepawali or tihar is the day of worshipping brothers, known as bhai puja or bhai tika. Either sisters visit brothers’ or brothers go to sisters’ home to worship brothers on this day. Performing brother worship, sisters put five ‘tikas’ of different colors vertically on the foreheads of