Mithila region celebrates Jud-Shital festival to mark the New Year 2083

Mahottari. According to the Bikram Sambat tradition, the New Year 2083 has begun today. Along with this, the Jud-Shital festival is being celebrated with great enthusiasm in the Mithila region of Madhes. There is a tradition of worshipping family deities during the Jud-Shital festival, which is celebrated for two days starting from Baisakh 1, the first day of the New Year.

The first day of this festival, celebrated on Baisakh 1 and 2, is called 'Satuwain' and the second day is called 'Jud-Shital'. Principal Hemanarayan Karna of the Yagyavalkya Lakshminarayan Vidyapith (Sanskrit Campus) in Matihani, Mahottari, stated that the 'Jud-Shital' festival is celebrated with the wish for coolness in life as the heat increases with the start of the Bikram Sambat. According to him, the festival began today with the 'Satuwain' ritual.