Bisket Jatra, Bhaktapur's weeklong celebration
denote the antiquated sun powered Nava Barsha (New Year) and is the main
celebration that does not take after the lunar-based Nepali timetable. The
jatra starts after an extraordinary Tantric custom in the Bhairab sanctuary in
Taumadhi Tole in Bhaktapur.
Bhairav and Bhadrakali are then put in vast
chariots (privately known as Rathas) and pulled through hordes of cheering
spectators. Amid the celebration individuals replay a show disregarded on the
hundreds of years.
The chariots, stop for a tug of war between the
eastern and western sides of town and afterward move down a lofty street
prompting a waterway, where a 25-m high lingam (vertical pole) is raised.
At night the next day, the post is pulled down, again in a pull of war and as
the shaft crashes as the official new year starts.
Bisket Jatra is additionally celebrated in Thimi and
Balakhu with Jibro Chhedne Jatra and Sindoor Jatra respectively. The
festivities conclude with a few days of otherworldly
entrancement, dancing and happy making.
More than 1,000 security work force to be assembled
in Bisket Jatra.
The Bhaktapur Metropolitan Police Range is set to
assemble more than 1,000 security work force for tranquil festival of the
Bisket Jatra, which is set apart as the begin of Nepali New Year by local
people of Bhaktapur.
As per Superintendent of Police (SP) Kiran Rana,
security faculty including those of Nepal Police and Armed Police Force are to
be assembled to keep up lawfulness for the celebration.
Police would likewise be activated in civvies, SP
Rana shared.
Lights and CCTVs have been introduced in lanes of
the city to investigate raucous conduct, he stated, including that stern move
would be made against the rapscallions.
Additionally, as a piece of the planning, the
development of 35-feet high wooden chariot of Bhairavnath has started while the
chariot of Bhadrakali has as of now been manufactured.
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