Dashain is the biggest festival in Nepal that is celebrated for 15 days in September or October. It honors the victory of Goddess Durga over the demon Mahishasura. Traditions include decorating a pot that is worshipped daily to represent Goddess Durga, collecting plants from the pot, animal sacrifices on the 8th day, and putting a red tika on foreheads on the 10th day to receive blessings from elders. The festival aims to bring peace, prosperity, and happiness to all people.

1. Dashain : The biggest
Festival in
Nepal

4. • Ghata means "pot or vessel" and sthapana means "to establish“ which means
“establish a pot”.
• Pot symbolizing Goddess Durga is placed in the prayer room.
• The pot is decorated with red and yellow colors on which seeds is spread. The plant
which grow big in 10 days on the pot is called Jamara.
• Sand collected form river bank is spread in the prayer room as a cake around the pot
and barely seed is planted with chanting “mantras”.
• The pot is worshipped on all days of Dashain.

5. • Seventh day of dashain is know as fulpathi
• FulPati literally means flowers, leaves and plants.
• The Fulpati is brought from Gorkha to Dhading district from where six
Brahmins carried it to Jamal. From Jamal, the Fulpati filled with holy water,
banana stalks, jamara and sugarcane tied with red cloth to be offered to
Goddess Durga. Then it is taken to the Dashain Ghar in Hanuman Dhoka.
• General people also make fulpati and take to the place where the have
kept worship pot on the day of ghatasthapana
• A parade is held at Tundikhel ground in Kathmandu.

6. • Eight day is called Maha-Asthami.
• This is the day is celebrate by worshiping, the blood-thirsty Kali (Goddess
Durga ), through the sacrifice of animals like Goat, cock, duck etc.
• The night of maha-asthami is known as kal ratri (Black night).
• General public sacrifice animals in the name of Kali.
• However these days people don’t sacrifice animals but they prefer
coconuts.

7. • This day is the last day of Navarati.
• This is the day is celebrate by worshiping Goddess Durga.
• On this day the Vishwakarma,the god of creativeness is also worshiped.
• People worship weapons and vehicles on this day.
• The Taleju Temple gates are opened for the general public on only this day
of the year.

8. • This day is the tenth day of dashain festival.
• People put Red tika from their elders on their forehead and take blessings.
• The red also symbolizes the blood that ties the family together.
• People enjoy over the night by playing cards.
• This continues to be observed for five days till the full moon dur-ing which
period families and relatives visit each other to exchange gifts and
greetings.

9. May this dashain bring peace, prosperity and
happiness to all of the people.
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