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Gaijatra festival is being celebrated today

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Kathmandu. Gaijatra festival is being celebrated today. This festival is celebrated all over the country by organizing various programs in Kathmandu Valley. The traditional cultural festival 'Gaijatra' is celebrated every year for eight days from Bhadra Krishna Pratipada to Ashtami.

Especially in Kathmandu valley, there is a practice of making cows or people dressed as cows and going around the town and villages in different areas of the country. During the Gaijatra, devotees donate milk, fruits, bread, chiura, curd and other food items and grains and liquids to the participants. 

According to religious beliefs, it is believed that when the deceased relatives cross the Vaitarani river holding the cow's tail, when they go around the city in this way.

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