Festivals - Info Bhaktapur

Biska Jatra (Mid-April): Celebrated for nine days, Biska Jatra marks the advent of a new year according to the...

Initiated in Kathmandu during the 15th-century to console a bereaved queen, the festival sees a parade of colorful cow...

Yenya Punhi (September-October): The three day festival is noted for the parade of Airavat, the elephant vehicle of Indra...

Sithi Nakha (May-June): The festival marks the day allocated for cleaning wells . Cleaning wells was made part of...

Krishnastami (August) : The festival celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. On this day,...

Nag Panchami (July-August): On this day milk is served to serpent deities and colorful portraits of snakes are pasted...

Tihar/Swonti (October-November) is celebrated for five days. Also called the ‘Festival of Lights’ for the illumination all through the...

Mohani/Dashain (October) : Mohani, the greatest festival of Hindus, commemorates the victory of righteous-ness over the forces of evil.....

Janai Purnima is Sacred Thread Festival. On this day, Hindu men, especially the Brahmins and Chettris perform their annual...

Holi is a very colorful and playful festival. It is celebrated in the Kathmandu on one day, and in...

Vasanta Panchami/Shree Panchami (February): On this day devotees throng the shrines of Saraswoti, the goddess of art, learning and...

A Buddhist festival, it is celebrated only in Nepal and on different dates by all the three cities in...