Despite contradictory government directives about the Machindranath Chariot in Patan due to the COVID-19 crisis, the local community trust in Patan involved in the festival has decided to go ahead ...

A chariot is seen during the celebration of Rato Machindranath festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, May 11, 2024. Local people worship Rato Machindranath, the god of rain, for a good harvest. Photo: Xinhua ...

Clutching flaming bundles of straw these Nepalese revellers were praying their torches would light the way to a bumper harvest as they celebrated a traditional festival. The excited men and women were ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Devotees gather around the chariot of Seto Machindranath (C) during the Seto Machindranath chariot festival at ...

Rato Machindranath Jatra is one of the greatest religious events in the city of Patan and the longest chariot festival celebrated in Nepal. The Red God, also known as Avalokitesvara Karunamaya or Rato ...

Kathmandu [Nepal], July 25 (ANI): The longest chariot festival in Nepal, the Rato Machindranath chariot festival earlier postponed due to the lockdown imposed to curb coronavirus pandemic, began on ...

Locals clashed with police over pulling the chariot of Machindranath despite prohibitory orders in Kathmandu's Lalitpur on September 03. Youth pulled chariot of Machindranath to few meters down from ...

The festival surrounds the old tradition of publicly displaying a jewel-studded vest 'Bhoto' on the last day of the Jatra Kathmandu: The 'Rato Machhindranath' chariot festival concluded in Nepal's ...

Thousands of protesters defying a government coronavirus lockdown to take part in a religious festival clashed with riot police in Nepal on Thursday, leaving several people injured. The protesters had ...

Despite contradictory government directives about the Machindranath Chariot in Patan due to the COVID-19 crisis, the local community trust in Patan involved in the festival has decided to go ahead ...

Kathmandu [Nepal], Jun 10 (ANI): The 'Rato Machhindranath' chariot festival concluded in Nepal's Lalitpur district on Sunday after observing 'Bhoto Jatra' or the 'vest festival' that marks the end of ...