Buddhakrishna to pierce his tongue for eighth time

The tongue pierce festival being marked on Baishakh 2 every year is being marked this year too at Bode area of Madhyapur Thimi Municipality in Bhaktapur district.

This year, 48-year-old Buddhakrishna Bang Shrestha is piercing his tongue for the eighth time. As the festival was cancelled last year for the first time in the history due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Buddhakrishna has expressed his readiness to pierce his tongue this year.