Indra jatra festival | Festivals in Kathmandu

Trip Overview

Trip Facts

Duration 4 Days
Start FromKathmandu
Group Size1-10 Pax
End FromKathmandu
Trip GradeEasy
Max Height 1350 m
AccommodationHotel
TransportationCar/Van/Coach

Trip Highlights

This Festival date is decided as per lunar calendar. So every year festival falls on different date.
The festival is a week long . Chariot procession of Lord Ganesh, Lord Kumar and goddess Kumari held every day for seven in the surrounding street of Kathmandu Durbar Square.
Indrajatra is the only festival which allow tourist to take picture of Goddess Kumari.

Trip Overview

Like Gaijatra, Indra Jatra Festival is also heralded a week of religious and cultural festivity in Kathmandu. There are several foci of this festival. On the night when this festival begins, members of the family in which death has taken place within one year go round the town limits of Kathmandu burning incense and putting lamps along the route.

The same morning a tall wooden pole representing the standard of Indra, the king of gods is erected in front of the Hanuman Dhoka Palace. Wooden statutes of Indra and large wooden masks of Bhairav are put on display in the old bazaar. Several groups of religious dance like the Devinach, Majipat Lakhe, Bhairav and Bhakku, and Mahakali Nach come into life during this week. The week also commences the dragging of chariots of Ganesh, Bhairav and Living Goddess Kumari in Kathmandu.

Itinerary

Trip Itinerary

Arrival in Kathmanadu, Pick up and transfer to Hotel. Visit our office for detail information. In the evening dinner at typical Nepali restaurant with cultural dance show. Overnight at Hotel.

After breakfast , start sightseeing tours to Swoyambhunath, Pashupatinath and Boudhanath temple. After Lunch visit Kathmandu Durbar Square and observe the begins of Indrajatra Festival. Overnight at Hotel.

After breakfast, we visit Bhaktapur Durbar Square in the morning and In the evening, we visit again Kathmandu Durbar Square and it’s surrounding to observe Chariots of living Goddess of “Kumari”. Overnight at Hotel.

Transfer to airport for your onward departure from Nepal.

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