Ghatasthapana marked at Hanuman Dhoka as Dashain begins (Pictures)

This year’s Dashain, the biggest and longest festival of Nepali Hindus, began with Ghatasthapana on Sunday.

Ghatasthapana was marked according to Vedic rituals amid a special ceremony at the Dashain Ghar in Hanuman Dhoka of Kathmandu by worshiping Goddess Durga and sowing barley seeds to prepare jamara (barley shoots). The auspicious time for observing Ghatasthapana was 11:39 AM.