Visiting Nepal during Dashain

15th Sep, 2017
By: skylinetreks

Visiting Nepal during Dashain – Truth about Nepal is that festivals are most likely the best firsthand look at its culture and tradition. Nearly all festival is filled with exciting stories and practices devoted them and the people truly appreciate how to have a great time. Among many festivals, Dashain is the most regaling festival that is celebrate throughout the nation. Let us take you through the most famous one that can help you to plan travel of Nepal during festival.

This is the time when monsoon seasons says goodbye to the nation and welcome spring season with a azure sky with no haze in the atmosphere and the entire nation soak by the balmy sun that beautify the whole nation looks beautiful in all those bright lights and decoration, so this gesture by the weather web is Dashain festival that is approaching near everywhere in the country. Most significantly, Dashain is celebrate for 10 days and the first day of the festival start with assortments of seeds which is sow in, over the lump of sand and place it in a special prayer room of one residence. And this first day is known as “Ghatasthapana” and the seed develop into plants is called “Jamara” wherein Jamara is particularly used on the 10^th day or closing day of Dashain with exegesis (Red Tika). Without Tika and Jamara Dashain not at all sense like Dashain and the festival come to nothing.

Everyone accepts Tika on their forehead by the elder member of the house as benediction and Jamara clip to the ear, as fortune, well being and prosperity. Despite the final day the other days are filled with passion, enthusiasm and excitement where all people worship gods and goddess, sing, dance, play cards, swing, fly a kite, eat new and palatable foods especially meat and fruit is munch through, wear new and motley dress and visit their kith and kin. During Dashain Kathmandu is special and you will discover the capital city much spick and spam, no crown in all places Dashain venues, food stalls and fairs; you will see these in every nook and corner of the main city like Kathmandu and Pokhara.

This year of 2017, also Dashain is just few days away; Nepal is all prepare to celebrate the great Hindu festival with international visitors which start on the 5^th of Ashwin as per the Hindu calendar and that often falls in the month of September or October. Since it is also begin of harvesting time in Nepal. Thus, visiting Nepal in September and October is Nepal best time of year to visit. Dashain as well renowned as “Vijaya dashami” is one of the largest and greatest festival of Nepal. The word Dashain is derived from the Sanskrit word which means Ravana’s defeat. The festival is celebrated to tribute the triumph of good over evil and there are many stories that marked the meaning of Dashain. Nevertheless, among all the stories the most well-liked ones is Goddess Durga conquest over the devil Mahishasur and besides, God Ram’s win over the demon Ravan. According to myth, there is a saying that it was on this day that Durga after being given life by the gods of the world slaughtered Mahishasur, the demon and was smashing chaos in the universe. And this anecdote has been said repeatedly. The different anecdote is about Ram slaughtering Ravan. On the main day of Dashain as a contribution of celebrations, this emblems truth alone triumph and thereby the whole nation feasts Dashain with much pomp and circumstances.

If time permits during Nepal visit then you can have one more mega festival that celebrate after 20 days of Dashain which is known as festival of lights and it’s easily the most celebrated festival after Dashain in Nepal, with lamps, lanterns, candles, firecrackers and the Diwali Pooja ( Deepawali). For all this reasons, Skyline treks,”nepal travel operators” planned an appropriate visiting nepal package for your travel nepal on a budget style which gives grand chance to travel around nepal most visiting places such as visiting kathmandu nepal, visiting ghandruk nepal, visiting gorkha nepal, visiting mt everest nepal,visiting mustang nepal and so on are nepal best visiting places that gives significance about nepal travel highlights . So, if think to visit Nepal and to experience the rich culture and tradition that Nepal has.