Bagiya: Try this traditional Tihar-special Tharu dish this festive season

While a majority of Hindus in Nepal celebrate Tihar with much pomp and fervour, the Tharu community celebrates this festival in its own way, which is a bit different than how other Nepali Hindus observe Tihar.

Interestingly, the Tharu community living in the Terai welcomes the goddess of wealth, Laxmi by playing ‘hukke-hukka’. After that, they start making ‘bagiya’ from rice flour in their houses the next morning.