Karnali communities celebrate Chhora Tihar with maternal blessings

This regional festival sees sons receiving tika from their mothers two months after Tihar.

Communities in Jumla, Dolpa and several other districts of Karnali Province observed Chhora Tihar (literally son Tihar) on Sunday, a centuries-old festival in which sons receive blessings from their mothers. The festival falls on Poush Shukla Pratipada, nearly two months after Bhaitika—the nationwide celebration marking the bond between brothers and sisters.