dashain

The biggest festival of the hindu nepalese is dashain. People put tikas and take blessing from the elder people. The longest holiday by the government is given on this occassion. New clothes is worn and many kind of delecious food items are prepared. People often gamble which is a very bad practise. In Nepal the king is regarded as lord so general public gather at the royal palace to receive tika and blessings from the king. It falls under September and October. Dashain is a ten day long puja infact. The first day is called Ghatasthapana on which day jamara is planted. From the second day people go and visit temples like Guheshwari, Sankata, Bhadrakali, Dakshinkali, Shova Bhagwati, Taleju Bhawani and pray homage. The seventh day is Phulpati on which day they prepare flower garlands and do pujas, the eight day is Maha ashtami they do pujas of their vehicles and make animal sacrifices for their vehicles, the ninth day is Maha nawami they sacrifice animals in the bhagwati temples and the tenth day is the Bijaya Dashami tika. On this day people put tika from their elders and receive blessings as well as dakshina in terms of money. This is how the dashain is concluded