"Machindranath"

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1 June 2025

Hindu devotees welcome the god Rato Machindranath with barley straw fire during the Bhoto Jatra festival in Bungmati, Lalitpur, Nepal, on June 1, 2025

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1 June 2025

Hindu devotees welcome the god Rato Machindranath with barley straw fire during the Bhoto Jatra festival in Bungmati, Lalitpur, Nepal, on June 1, 2025

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1 June 2025

Hindu devotees welcome the god Rato Machindranath with barley straw fire during the Bhoto Jatra festival in Bungmati, Lalitpur, Nepal, on June 1, 2025

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1 June 2025

Hindu devotees welcome the god Rato Machindranath with barley straw fire during the Bhoto Jatra festival in Bungmati, Lalitpur, Nepal, on June 1, 2025

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1 June 2025

Hindu devotees welcome the god Rato Machindranath with barley straw fire during the Bhoto Jatra festival in Bungmati, Lalitpur, Nepal, on June 1, 2025

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30 May 2025

The Newar community pulls the Rato Machindranath rath (wooden chariot) to Jawalakhel during the celebration of the Bunga Dyah Jatra festival in Patan, Lalitpur, Nepal, on May 29, 2025.

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30 May 2025

The Newar community pulls the Rato Machindranath rath (wooden chariot) to Jawalakhel during the celebration of the Bunga Dyah Jatra festival in Patan, Lalitpur, Nepal, on May 29, 2025.

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30 May 2025

The Newar community pulls the Rato Machindranath rath (wooden chariot) to Jawalakhel during the celebration of the Bunga Dyah Jatra festival in Patan, Lalitpur, Nepal, on May 29, 2025.

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30 May 2025

The Newar community pulls the Rato Machindranath rath (wooden chariot) to Jawalakhel during the celebration of the Bunga Dyah Jatra festival in Patan, Lalitpur, Nepal, on May 29, 2025.

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30 May 2025

The aerial view shows the Newari community pulling the Rato Machindranath rath (wooden chariot) to Jawalakhel during the celebration of the Bunga Dyah Jatra Festival in Patan, Lalitpur, Nepal, on May 29, 2025.

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30 May 2025

The aerial view shows the Newari community pulling the Rato Machindranath rath (wooden chariot) to Jawalakhel during the celebration of the Bunga Dyah Jatra Festival in Patan, Lalitpur, Nepal, on May 29, 2025.

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30 May 2025

The aerial view shows the Newari community pulling the Rato Machindranath rath (wooden chariot) to Jawalakhel during the celebration of the Bunga Dyah Jatra Festival in Patan, Lalitpur, Nepal, on May 29, 2025.

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30 May 2025

The aerial view shows the Newari community pulling the Rato Machindranath rath (wooden chariot) to Jawalakhel during the celebration of the Bunga Dyah Jatra Festival in Patan, Lalitpur, Nepal, on May 29, 2025.

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30 May 2025

The aerial view shows the Newari community pulling the Rato Machindranath rath (wooden chariot) to Jawalakhel during the celebration of the Bunga Dyah Jatra Festival in Patan, Lalitpur, Nepal, on May 29, 2025.

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30 May 2025

The idol of the Red God, Rato Macchindranath, is pictured inside the towering chariot as it approaches the final tour of the city, concluding the months-long chariot procession in Lalitpur, Nepal, on May 29, 2025. Nepal's Red God, Rato Macchindranath, completes the tour of the ancient city of Lalitpur, covering a span of three months. The 32-foot tall chariot is pulled up to Jawalakhel, the last spot where the chariot is dismantled after the procession of Bhoto Jatra. Running over the span of weeks depending on astrology, the Rato Macchindranath Chariot festival starts from late April to early May. According to the lunar calendar, the longest chariot festival of Nepal begins on the 4th day of the bright fortnight of Bachhala, the seventh month in the lunar Nepal Sambat calendar, but this year it does not fall as per the set-out rule. The chariot procession of Rato Macchindranath, also called ''Bunga Dugh'' in Newari, meaning the God of Rain and Harvest, is the longest Jatra in Nepal, running for months depending widely on astronomy.

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30 May 2025

The idol of the Red God, Rato Macchindranath, is pictured inside the towering chariot as it approaches the final tour of the city, concluding the months-long chariot procession in Lalitpur, Nepal, on May 29, 2025. Nepal's Red God, Rato Macchindranath, completes the tour of the ancient city of Lalitpur, covering a span of three months. The 32-foot tall chariot is pulled up to Jawalakhel, the last spot where the chariot is dismantled after the procession of Bhoto Jatra. Running over the span of weeks depending on astrology, the Rato Macchindranath Chariot festival starts from late April to early May. According to the lunar calendar, the longest chariot festival of Nepal begins on the 4th day of the bright fortnight of Bachhala, the seventh month in the lunar Nepal Sambat calendar, but this year it does not fall as per the set-out rule. The chariot procession of Rato Macchindranath, also called ''Bunga Dugh'' in Newari, meaning the God of Rain and Harvest, is the longest Jatra in Nepal, running for months depending widely on astronomy.

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