Lalitpur [Nepal], 32 feet long chariot, built without using nails or any metal, Nepal's "Red Lord" or Lord Rato Machindarnath climbs the divine chariot on Thursday as he prepares to move around the town Which lasts for a month.
Depending vaguely on astronomy, the Machindranath chariot festival began late on Thursday evening with the "Ajus" or "priests" carrying the "Red God" on the chariot and seating him. Rath Yatra of Rato Machhendranath is also called "Bunga Dugh" in Newari. Which means that the god of rain and harvest has the longest journey in Nepal which lasts for several months depending on astronomy.
The 32 feet high chariot of Rato Machendranath is built every year by the Newar community by making adjustments in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple using wooden beams, without using nails. It took about a week for the community to build it and I finalized the decorations before presiding over the Lord on the chariot."While building a chariot, the primary requirements are wood, rattan and rope. Groups are divided for construction. Some of the charioteers are assigned the task of installing the 16 wooden pillars of the chariot that act as the base. Then the second group will build the chariot by adding another pillar placed on it and later my group will stop the topmost part,” Prem, a member of the chariot construction group, told ANI.
Seen in the ancient city of Lalitpur, the skyscraper chariot moves around the city 4 days after the ascension of the Lord.After spending 4 days on the roadside chariot, it is pulled to Ga Bahal and rested for a day, after which it is pulled to Sundhra and Mangalbazar, where it is kept for a day each. It is then pulled to Lagankhel where it is kept for a day, during which a day is set aside for the women to pull the chariot and take it to Ethiha and then perform astronomical calculations on it. Flames can be drawn on the game. Take more days as the priests have to observe auspicious time, sometimes it is for 10-15 days or a month or even more. After being taken to Jwalakhel and participating in the 'Bhoto Yatra' which was also attended by heads of state, the Lord was taken back to Bungmati (an ancient historical town of Lalitpur) and on the lunar calendar day, the chariot was dismantled.Accordingly, it is the longest chariot. Nepal's festival begins on the fourth day of the bright fortnight of Bachhala, the seventh month in the lunar Nepal Sambat calendar, but this year it did not fall as per the prescribed rule. A popular legend states that once "Guru Gorakhnath" came to the city of Patan and the people living there did not accept him. Since the common people did not give them food and neglected them, Guru Gorakhnath killed all the serpents. Guru Gorakhnath had taken him captive because he was a "Naag" or a snake, due to the rains there was a drought in Patan, due to which there was a famine in the city, the advisors said then the king of Patan took the Guru to the city. Hearing about the presence, Guru Gorakhnath asked to bring Lord Machhendranath, Gorakhnath stood up from his place and released the serpent, thereby ending the drought in the city. The local people of Patan brought a serpent into the city in 897 AD. The Rath Yatra of Rath Machendranath, which was held every year and rotated throughout the city, was previously stopped during the 2015 earthquake.Coronavirus pandemic.
Depending vaguely on astronomy, the Machindranath chariot festival began late on Thursday evening with the "Ajus" or "priests" carrying the "Red God" on the chariot and seating him. Rath Yatra of Rato Machhendranath is also called "Bunga Dugh" in Newari. Which means that the god of rain and harvest has the longest journey in Nepal which lasts for several months depending on astronomy.
The 32 feet high chariot of Rato Machendranath is built every year by the Newar community by making adjustments in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple using wooden beams, without using nails. It took about a week for the community to build it and I finalized the decorations before presiding over the Lord on the chariot."While building a chariot, the primary requirements are wood, rattan and rope. Groups are divided for construction. Some of the charioteers are assigned the task of installing the 16 wooden pillars of the chariot that act as the base. Then the second group will build the chariot by adding another pillar placed on it and later my group will stop the topmost part,” Prem, a member of the chariot construction group, told ANI.
Seen in the ancient city of Lalitpur, the skyscraper chariot moves around the city 4 days after the ascension of the Lord.After spending 4 days on the roadside chariot, it is pulled to Ga Bahal and rested for a day, after which it is pulled to Sundhra and Mangalbazar, where it is kept for a day each. It is then pulled to Lagankhel where it is kept for a day, during which a day is set aside for the women to pull the chariot and take it to Ethiha and then perform astronomical calculations on it. Flames can be drawn on the game. Take more days as the priests have to observe auspicious time, sometimes it is for 10-15 days or a month or even more. After being taken to Jwalakhel and participating in the 'Bhoto Yatra' which was also attended by heads of state, the Lord was taken back to Bungmati (an ancient historical town of Lalitpur) and on the lunar calendar day, the chariot was dismantled.Accordingly, it is the longest chariot. Nepal's festival begins on the fourth day of the bright fortnight of Bachhala, the seventh month in the lunar Nepal Sambat calendar, but this year it did not fall as per the prescribed rule. A popular legend states that once "Guru Gorakhnath" came to the city of Patan and the people living there did not accept him. Since the common people did not give them food and neglected them, Guru Gorakhnath killed all the serpents. Guru Gorakhnath had taken him captive because he was a "Naag" or a snake, due to the rains there was a drought in Patan, due to which there was a famine in the city, the advisors said then the king of Patan took the Guru to the city. Hearing about the presence, Guru Gorakhnath asked to bring Lord Machhendranath, Gorakhnath stood up from his place and released the serpent, thereby ending the drought in the city. The local people of Patan brought a serpent into the city in 897 AD. The Rath Yatra of Rath Machendranath, which was held every year and rotated throughout the city, was previously stopped during the 2015 earthquake.Coronavirus pandemic.
