Panauti Celebrates Hile-Jatra Festival

Kavrepalanchok. The Hile-Jatra, celebrated for 1,422 years in the historic city of Panauti in Kavrepalanchok, has begun today. According to the tradition of the festival, two bamboo poles symbolizing snakes are placed horizontally in the Punyamata River this evening, and the special festival is considered to have begun after the Devgans (Dui-cha Nyakegu) slowly cross them.

On the day the festival begins, the chariot of Bhadrakali is pulled late tonight, and the Gairdu Puja (performing Homa) is conducted throughout the night, as informed by the Panauti Jatra Main Management Committee.