आज लक्ष्मीपूजा, देवी लक्ष्मीको पूजा आराधना गरिदैं, साँझमा भैलो खेलिने

काठमाडौं, कार्तिक १७ । यमपञ्चकको तेस्रो दिन आज देशभर धनधान्यकी देवी लक्ष्मीको पूजा आराधना गरी लक्ष्मीपूजा गरिंदैछ । बत्ती नबालेको घरमा लक्ष्मीले बास गर्दिनन् भन्ने भनाइ अनुसार आज घरको चारैतिर सफासुग्घर गरी दैलो, सङ्घार, झ्याल, ढोका, कौसी, अटाली, भ¥याङलगायतका ठाउँमा बत्ती बाली लक्ष्मीको स्वागत गरिन्छ । लक्ष्मीपूजाको रातलाई सुखरात्री पनि भन्ने गरिन्छ ।

आज साँझ मूलद्वारदेखि लक्ष्मी स्थापना गर्ने कोठासम्म रातोमाटोले पोतेर चामलको पीठो र अबिरले लक्ष्मीको पैताला बनाई केराको सुत्लामा बत्ती बाल्ने चलन छ । गृहिणीहरु साँझ दिपावली गरिसकेपछि लक्ष्मी थापेर गरगहना, पैसा, धान, चामल, फलफूल, रोटी र फूलमाला चढाई लक्ष्मीको मूर्ति वा तस्वीरमा पूजा गर्दछन् ।

लक्ष्मीपूजाका दिन लक्ष्मीको प्रतीक मानी छोरीको पूजा गर्ने चलन छ । लक्ष्मीपूजा गरेपछि त्यस दिन आफूसँग भएको पैसा वा अरु चल अचल सम्पत्ति बाहिर पठाए लक्ष्मी बाहिर जान्छिन् भन्ने लोकोक्ति छ । आज साँझ किशोर किशोरीले समूह बनाई घरघरमा भैलो खेल्छन् । यसरी भैलो माग्दै हिंड्ने समूहलाई धान, चामल, पैसा र नैबेद्य दिने चलन छ ।

आजै गाई तिहार पनि भएकोले घरघरमा लक्ष्मीको प्रतीक मानिने गाईको पूजा गरिदैछ । गाईको गोबर र गहुँतलाई धार्मिक हिसाबले पनि पवित्र मानिन्छ । जनै पूर्णिमामा लगाएको डोरो आजको दिन गाईको पुच्छरमा बाँधे सजिलै बैतरिणी तर्न सकिने विश्वास पनि छ । शहरमा गाई पाल्नेहरु निकै कम भएकोले मनिसहरु गाईको गोठ खोजी खोजी पूजा गर्छन् ।

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म्ह:पुजा, न्हु दँया भिन्तुना ११३४ (Mha Puja, Nhu Daya Bhintuna 1134)

Nepal Sambat – Celebrated by the Newars, it is celebrated on the day of Mha Pooja fourth day of tihar. It is said that on this day, a newar Business man Shanka Dhar Sakhwa paid all the debt on behalf of the people of Kathmandu Valley, so the newar started celebrating it as a new life for them. So every year they started celebrating it as a new year.

Mha Pooja is a Newari festival celebrating the physical self, and on November 4/2013 Monday, the festival day fell on the Newari New Year (Nepal Sambat 1134), Nhu Daya Bhintuna.

न्हु दँया भिन्तुना ११३४

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यस बर्ष टीकाको साइत ९ बजेर ५७ मिनेटमा |

यसबर्ष विजया दशमीमा टीकाको शुभसाईत असोज २८ गते सोमवार बिहान ९ बजेर ५७ मिनेटमा रहेको छ । नेपाल पञ्चाङ्ग निर्णायक समितिले टीकाको उतम साईत ९ बजेर ५७ मिनेटमा रहेको जनाएको हो । यद्यपी सो दिनभरी नै टीकाको साईत रहेको समितिले जनाएको छ । यस्तै घटस्थापनाको साईत असोज १९ गते बिहान ९ बजेर ५१ मिनेटमा रहेको पञ्चाङ्ग निर्णायक समितिले जनाएको छ ।
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भाइटीकाको उत्तम साईत ११:२३

नेपालीहरुको दोस्रो ठूलो चाड तिहारको अन्तिम दिन मनाइने भाइटीकाको साईत यसवर्ष मध्यान्न ११ बजेर २३ मिनेटमा उत्तम रहेको नेपाल पञ्चांग निर्णायक समितिले जनाएको छ । समितिले भोलि (बिहीबार) ११ बजेर २३ मिनेटलाई टीकाको उत्तम साईत भनेको हो । तथापी भोलि दिनभर टीका लगाउन सकिने पनि समितिले जनाएको छ ।

यम त्रितीया समेत भनिने भाईटीकामा यमराज, यमुना, नवग्रह र अष्ट चिरञ्जीवीको पूजा गरेपछि टीका लगाउने परम्परा छ । यसदिन दिदीबहिनीले दाजुभाईलाई कहिल्यै नसुक्ने मखमली फूलको माला र सप्तरंगी टीका लगाई दीर्घायुको कामना गर्दछन् । यसदिन यमराज पनि आफ्ना दूतहरुका साथ बहिनी यमुनाकोमा टीका लगाउन जाने भएकाले कालको डर नहुने बताइन्छ ।

यसदिन दाजुभाइ–दिदीबहिनीले आपसी स्नेह, सत्कारका साथ पूज्ने गर्छन् । भाइटीका मनाउँदा दाजुभाइको यश तथा आयु बढ्ने र उनीहरु सुशी तथा सम्पन्न हुने विश्वास गरिन्छ । यसदिन आफ्ना दिदीबहिनीले दाजुभाइ पुजेर फलफूल, मसला, लगायतका परिकार दिने प्रचलन छ भने दाजुभाइले पनि दिदीबहिनीलाई विशेष सत्कारका साथ उपहार, दान–दक्षिणा दिने परम्परा कायम रही आएको छ

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Tihar (Festival of lights)

"Bhailini Aain Aangana Guniyo Cholo Mangana
Hey Aunshi Ko Dina Ho Gai Tihar Bhailo"

During this festival every one cleans their house and decorates with lights. The city areas as well as the villages are seen full of lights. In this festival, people worship Goddess Laxmi (the goddess of wealth). People light oil lamps in each and every corner of their house and decorate their house so that, goddess Laxmi would bless them with wealth. It is celebrated for five days which includes puja of Crow, Dog, Cow, Laxmi Puja and lastly Bhai Tika.

This festival is celebrated after Dashain. In this festival, people have lots of fun like playing cards, burning fire crackers (We don’t encourage to do so though), having delicious meal and playing Bhailo. Bhailo is one of the famous events which are played from little children to adults. They go from house to house singing bhailo, dancing to the tunes which are well rehearsed and collect money and food items. The atmosphere out is very pleasant with the lights of fire crackers and Bhailos. Here is list how this festival is celebrated:

First day Kaag (Crow) Puja: In this day, the crow are worshipped early in the morning and given good meal as they are regarded as the messenger of death. People in the villages believe that crows help for proper maintenance of the crops by eating the insects which destroy the crops in the field for which they are worshiped.

Second day Kukkur (Dog) Puja: In this day, the dogs are worshipped by applying tika, garland (maala) round their neck, and given good food as they guard our house. It is also believed that there is a dog at the yama's gate guarding the gate to the underworld. Dogs are also taken as Fearful Bhairab (God of Destruction).

Third day Gai (Cow) Puja and Laxmi Puja: In this day, people wake up early in the morning and clean their house. In the village areas, people clean their houses and wipe their house with Red Mud (Rato Mato) making a small circle with a Diyo at the entrance door to please Goddess Laxmi. The Cow is regarded as the holy animal as she provides her milk to everyone and helps a lot on fields, she is worshipped by applying her tika , garland (maala) round their neck and giving delicious food to eat. And later at night, people light many oil lamps and worship Goddess Laxmi and pray to keep her hands on them so that she would bless them with wealth.

Forth day Gobhardan (cow dung) Puja and Mha (self) Puja: In this day, People who follow Krishna perform Gobardhan Puja, which is worship towards Cowdung. These people build a small hill made out of cowdung and put some grass on it then do puja on it. This puja symbolizes the act of lord Krishna when he lifted the Gobhardan hill and saved millions of people and cows from floodwater. On the other hand, this day is also known as Goru (Ox) puja where an ox is worshipped and given good food to eat.
If you belong to the Newar community, you perform 'Mha puja' which literally means worshipping oneself. On this day the newar, New Year also starts.

Fifth Day Bhai Tika: In this day, the sister put tika on the forehead of their brothers to ensure long life and prosperity. She applies tika with seven colors and a garland made out of flower called "Makhmali". There is a story based on Bhai tika, it was in the Satya Yug, where a devoted sister saved the life of her brother when he was in his death bed. She fought with the Yamraj and compelled him to take his brothers' life only after the Flower named "Makhmali" dries and the chestnut gets rotten. Seeing the love towards her brother, the yama elongated her brothers' life and from that day Bhai Tika is celebrated.

The festival comes to an end after celebrating the five days of worship to Goddess Laxmi and the Underworld God.

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आज काग तिहार

तिहारको पहिलो दिन आज काग तिहार । कागको पूजा आजा गरी मनाइदै छ । धार्मिक मान्यता अनुसार यमराजको सन्देश बाहकको रुपमा मानिएको कागलाई आज यमदूतकै रुपमा पूजा गरेर खानेकुरा दिई पूजा गर्ने गरिन्छ ।  शुभ र अशुभ सन्देश पुर्याउने मानिएको कागलाई आज पूजाआजा गरी भात र रोटी दिने चलन छ । 

 

कात्तिक कृष्णपक्ष त्रयोदशीदेखि कात्तिक शुक्ल द्वितियासम्म पाँच दिन मनाइने तिहारको पहिलो दिन काग तिहार गरी पञ्चक सुरु हुने गर्दछ । तर यो वर्ष  आइतवार हिजो द्वादशीको विहान १० बजेर १८ देखि त्रयोदशी सुरु भएको नेपाल पञ्चाङ्ग निर्णयक समितिका सदस्य सचिव सूर्यप्रसाद ढुंगेलले जानकारी दिनुभयो । Onlinekhabar

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Tihar

Tihar, the festival of lights is one of the most dazzling of all Hindu festivals. In this festival we worship Goddess Laxmi, the Goddess of wealth. During the festival all the houses in the city and villages are decorated with lit oil lamps. Thus during the night the entire village or city looks like a sparkling diamond. This festival is celebrated in five days starting from the thirteenth day of the waning moon in October. We also refer to tihar as 'Panchak Yama' which literally means 'the five days of the underworld lord'. We also worship 'yamaraj' in different forms in these five days. In other words this festival is meant for life and prosperity.

Goddess Laxmi is the wife of almighty Lord Vishnu. She was formed from the ocean and she has all the wealth of the seas. She sits on a full-grown lotus and her steed is the owl. On the third day of the festival at the stroke of midnight she makes a world tour on her owl looking how she is worshipped.

There is a story, which tells why this revelry is celebrated so widely. Once there was a king who was living his last days of life. His astrologer had told him that a serpent would come and take his life away. The king did not want to die so he has asked the astrologer if there was any way to escape death. The king was advised to sleep with lit oil lamps all around his bed and decorate the palace with oil lamps on laxmi puja day. So goddess laxmi would talk to the serpent not to take his life. It did happen, the serpent was convinced by goddess laxmi. The serpent took the king to Yama Raj and told him that it was not yet the king's time to come to the underworld. So Yama Raj opened his ledger and in it the kings remaining age was written zero, but the serpent cleverly put seven before zero. Thus the king lived for seventy more years. So onwards tihar is widely celebrated worshipping the underworld and goddess laxmi.

The first day of tihar is known as 'Kag tihar', crows day. Crow is an underworld henchman. On this day crows are offered food on a plate made out of leaves in the morning before anyone in the house takes in food. In the kingdom of Nepal crow is not killed cause as a legend says that one crow had happened to drink the water of life. Thus you can see crows everywhere sitting without the fear of human beings. Crow the messenger of death is honoured on the first day of tihar.

The second day is called 'Kukur tihar', dogs day. A dog plays many roles in our society. We have dogs in our houses as guardian of the house. As the legend also says that there is a dog at yama's gate guarding the gate to the underworld. The dog is also the steed of the fearful Bhairab, the god of destruction. So on this day a big red tika is put on a dog's forehead and a beautiful garland around the neck. After worshipping the dog, it is given very delicious meal. This day the saying 'every dog has his day' comes true; for even a stray dog is looked upon with respect. We pray to the dog to guard our house as he guards the gate of the underworld and to divert destruction away from our homes. On this day you can see dogs running around with garlands on their neck.

The third day is the most important day of the festival. It is called 'Laxmi puja', The day when we worship goddess of wealth. On this day, early in the morning the cow is worshipped. Tika is put on her head and a garland around her neck then she feasts with delicious food. A cow also symbolises wealth and she is the most holy animal for Hindus. Cow is the national animal of Nepal.

In the evening goddess laxmi is worshipped. Days before the house are cleansed and decorated. For goddess likes clean and tidy places. In the evening a small potion of the house out side the main door is painted red with red mud and an oil lamp is lit on it. A pathway is made from here to the place where the old money box and valuables are kept in the house that is the puja room. All the Nepalese have a box where from generation to generation money is put every year worshipping goddess laxmi. This money is never used unless extreme emergency. The entire house is decorated with lit oil lamps in every doors and windows. Laxmi, goddess of wealth is worshipped performing the traditional rituals and when the rituals are over then gambling in the house starts. This is a festival when gambling is not illegal. On this day throughout the evening groups of girls come to houses singing song of praise of the goddess and they are taken as guests and given gifts. This day the entire place is lively through out the night.

The fourth day is bit different. Today the things you worship depend on your specific cultural background. Normally most of the people perform 'Guru puja', ox worshipping. The ox is worshipped with tika, garland and then a delicious meal is fed to it. On the other hand people who follow lord Krishna perform 'Gobhardan puja'. These people build a small hill made out of cowdung and put some grass on it then do puja on it. This puja symbolises the act of lord Krishna when he lifted the gobhardan hill and saved millions of people and cows from floodwater.

If you belong to the Newar community, you perform 'Mha puja' which literally means worshipping yourself. The newar community people are worshipping life by doing puja on themselves. On this very day the newar New Year also starts. Nepal has many minor community calendars and newar calendar is one of them but the nation follows the Bikram Sambat calendar.

The last day of tihar is 'Bhai tika', putting tika on your brothers by your sisters. The royal astrologer gives the appropriate time to put the tika through the national radio a day before and the entire nation abides by it. Even his majesty receives tika from is sisters. When his majesty receives tika a thirty-one-gun salute is given to honour the function. At this moment the entire nation will be observing bhai tika. The main theme behind bhai tika is the sisters praying for their brother's long life from Yama Raj, god of the underworld. 

The most exotic and dazzling festival comes to an end after these five magnificent days of worship and honour to the goddess laxmi and the underworld kingdom.

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तिहार आउनै लाग्यो । भक्तपुर नगरका प्रजापती समुदायलाई माटाका पाला बनाउन भ्याई नभ्याई छ । माटाका भाँडा बनाउने क्षेत्र बोलाछेका प्रजापती समुदायले अहिले पालाको मागअनुसार दिन सकेका छैनन् । अन्य समयमा दैनिक दुई दर्जन पनि बिक्रि नहुने पालाहरु अहिले तिहारको सिजनले दैनिक तिनहजारसम्म विक्री हुने ब्यापारीहरुको भनाइ छ ।’

अर्डर अनुसार पाला बनाउन सकेका छैनौँ, पुख्यौली पेशा सम्हाल्दै भक्तपुर बोलाछेका विश्वराम प्रजापतीले भने – ‘माग अनुसारको पाला बनाउनका लागि अहिले परिवारका सबै सदस्य अन्य काम छाडेर पाला बनाउन लागेका छौं । ‘सबैभन्दा सानो पाला सय रुपैयाँको ९० वटा, त्यो भन्दा ठुलो ३ रुपैयाँको त्यसपछि ६ रुपैयाँको एउटा र सबै भन्दा ठुलो पालाको १० रुपैयाँ पर्छ । भक्तपुरमा बनेको पालाहरु काभ्रे, काठमाडौं, ललितपुर मात्र नभई तराईका जिल्लामा समेत खपत हुन्छ । Onlinekhabar

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