Uncertainty looms over fate of Machhindranath jatra after rituals halted amid Covid-19 concerns

Residents of Bhaktapur bring up the idea of taking the deity to their town, but organisers are against it.

After multiple postponements over the past four months, uncertainty still looms large over the fate of this year’s Rato Machhindranath jatra, one of the oldest festivals of the Valley traditionally organised by the people of Patan (Lalitpur).