Bhaktapur’s Navadurga Naach: How a life cycle ends to be reborn after 2 months

After nearly 11 months of cultural presentation, a ‘lifeline’ of Navadurga Gana of Bhaktapur came to an end last Thursday (July 1), on Asar (third Nepali month)’s Krishna Ashtami (the eighth day of the waning moon).

As per the rituals, this year’s Navadurga Naach (dance) too will conclude once the decorated face masks used by the Devgana (the group of those playing the role of the deities) are burned and turned into ashes at Brahmayani near the Hanumante river.