Happy Ghode Jatra!
#Ghode Jatra (Aswa Yatra),#घोडे जात्रा which translates to "horse parade," is a festival held in #Kathmandu annually to commemorate the death of a demon named Tundi. It also lies on 2nd day of three day festival "Pāhān Charhe (पाहां चह्रे)” celebrated by Kathmandu’s Newar community. The festival is celebrated with great fanfare and is a public holiday in the valley.
Every year, the Nepal #Army organizes a special program at #Tundikhel (an open parade ground), where horses parade through the grounds to "gallop over the defeated demon Tundi's grave to keep him underground." While the army cavalry performs its acts at Tundikhel, the idols of many gods and goddesses are paraded in different areas around Kathmandu Valley by the locals in small chariots called #Raths. #NTB #bhoj #newar #khaja #nepalculinary #bida #publicholiday #aprilfool #Ghode Jatra #festival. This race is thought to have been commenced in the olden times by a certain #Malla king of Patan to give a better show in comparison to Tundikhel's parade, as in those days no one from Patan tempted to go Tundikhel. The most worshiped #goddess on this day in #Bhadrakali also known by the Newari people as #Lumarhi Devi.
