Tihar Celebration in Nepal |

    The story behind the festival of (Tihar)

There are various stories about Tihar. Why did Tihar start to be celebrated? Tihar is associateed with the god of death Yama and his sister Yamuna. Yama had been living away from his sister for a long time.Since he has not met his brother for many years, he longs to meet him.and he meets A crow, a canine and a cow lastly, she went to see her own sibling.She was adored with tika and blossoms,Put five varieties on him. Yamuna made a circle with mustard oil, dubo grass.Velvet festoons (globe amaranth) and asked Yamaraja not to go until the oil, dubo grass and blossoms evaporated.To that end each sister keeps her sibling surrounded by mustard oil and wears a festoon and loves her.Velvet blossoms and dim grass.

How is Tihar celebrated?

Day 1 - Crow Tihar (Crow Puja)
Crows are venerated and taken care of promptly toward the beginning of the day on the principal day of Tihar. Individuals leave out various food sources.
To eat crows. The crow is viewed as the courier of death. Individuals accept that crows get messages.
Home in the first part of the day Individuals love it to get their favorable luck.

Second day - Canine celebration

the second day of Tihar is committed to humankind's most faithful companion. A canine is venerated wearing a canine.Food and bread are given to the canine by wearing a red tika on its brow and a laurel of blossoms around its neck. Typically, guys are canines.Adored it is said that canines can see risk and demise coming.

Third day - Gai (Cow) Puja and Lakshmi Puja

On the third day of Tihar, cows are adored in the first part of the day. Cows are adorned with sesame oil, wreaths.Blossoms and red tone (Abir). Wheat flour, cell roti, rice and heartbeats are taken care of two cows. The followers attempt to get between the four.Cow's feet In Hinduism, cow is considered as mother, drinking whose milk we grow up. Some consider the cow to be a goddess.Goddess of riches and thriving Lakshmi.

In the early evening we clean our home, paint the floor with red mud (red mud) and cow manure (gobar). A little circle is made before the primary entryway.What's more, improved with vivid plans. Certain individuals additionally call it Rangoli. Little strides from the primary access to the pooja room
are drawn. These means are accepted to be the means of Goddess Lakshmi. Candles or candles make the entire house splendid and lovely. Return home at night.It is standard to sing tunes requesting cash and food.Ordinarily, young ladies and the kids go outside to the neighbors and sing a conventional melody called Bhailo Geet. The custom is classified "Vailo" and has tunes.It is called Bhailini tune. The melody starts with 'Vailini ain agana gunyo chholo magna, he asi racket gaye tiharo bhailo'. Holding an extra spade,Lakshmi adored, today is the day of Gaitiharo bhailo..." 

That is, the groom murmured at your entryway to request chloe.(Nepali Customary Dress), Wafers are burst on this day. Around evening time Lakshmi Puja, individuals play a card game to invite Lakshmi. Individuals trust me; Lakshmi comes to a house that is spotless and splendid.At night, the goddess of riches, Lakshmi is revered, and lights are lit.it is.It was accepted that adoring Lakshmi would give joy and abundance.Individuals love riches and food.Store it today.4th day - Goru Tihar (love of Mount Govardhan) and Mah (Atma or Self) Puja Govardhan Puja in Goru Tihar, three sorts of pooja are performed. We love bull.Bull Govardhan Puja is likewise performed by making a slope of Govardhan mountain utilizing cow excrement.

Cow waste has extraordinary significance in Hindu culture. In the days of yore its purposes gone from lighting around evening time (methane) to cleaning mud floors in customary homes
had done Even now in Nepali Hindu culture no puja is finished without cow dung.On this evening, the Newar people group performs Mahapuja, otherwise called Atmapuja.This is finished to filter our body. In this the puja comprises of a mandap enlivened with saipatris (jackass blossoms), desserts and natural products, and an exceptional laurel made of string. Every relative has a mandap.
A female individual from the family offers sagun to the individual sitting in the mandap with collapsed hands.

Shagun as a rule incorporates broiled eggs, natural products, desserts, meat, fish, lentils and cakes. Eggs and fish are presented in the left hand and rakshi (homegrown alcohol) in the right hand.

This day is additionally the start of Nepal Samvat, Newari New Year. At night, numerous Nepalese kids and young people go from one house to another singing the Deusi tune (Ahai Bhana Mera Bhai Ho Deusi Re Bhana Na Bhana Deusere).

Deusi is like Bhailo. Bhailo is mostly for ladies and Deusi is for men, however presently there is such a distinction. Individuals go into bunches with male and female individuals.
Celebrating both Bhailo and Deusi. Fifth Day: The fifth and last day of Bhaitika or Bhaitika will be Bhaitika. Today, sisters will wear 'five hued tikas', yellow on the brow of their siblings.
Sisters give their siblings dry natural products particularly pecans, hazelnuts (katus), leafy foods.
Siblings offer gifts and cash to sisters as a tradeoff for desserts and response. Indeed, even the sibling will safeguard his sister till the finish of her life by bowing to her feet with pancharangi tika.
He has guaranteed. Today, the Ranipokhari sanctuary in Kathmandu has been opened for the people who don't have siblings. Or on the other hand this sanctuary has been opened for the overall population just in one year.

The story and legend behind Bhaipuja

Rumors from far and wide suggest that during 'Bhai Puja', the courier of Yamaraj came to gather the spirit. Man is going through 'Bhai Puja', similarly as the life expectancy of man in the human world has finished. In any case, a sister who was performing 'Bhai Puja' mentioned the courier to hold on until the 'Bhai Puja' was finished. The sharp sister welcomed the courier to sit with her sibling and get the distinction of 'Bhai Puja'. The sister 'bhai pooja' the courier so well that he was exceptionally satisfied with her and asked her to begin and end she needed as a gift. The savvy sister implored the courier for her sibling's long life. Along these lines, she saved her sibling's life. One more story of how 'Bhai Puja' began is that Yamaraj has five days off. As Master Vishnu gave Bali lord the help to govern three universes for five days. Ruler Vishnu conned Ruler Bali to go to the desolate dull world for his incredible demonstration of shaking the magnificent realm of Master Indra. In any case, Master Vishnu gave him the option to control every one of the three.

The Hindu world has consented to safeguard the harvests for five days and the lord for quite some time. Yamaraja's reality is one of the three universes. In this way, she went to see her sister saying that she didn't come for quite a while. Sister Yamuna was glad to see her sibling Yamaraj, she didn't have any idea how to invite her sibling. She visited after so long. Along these lines, she made an honest effort to keep her sibling Yamaraj glad for five days. On the last day prior to getting back to the world, Yamraj introduced an exceptional gift as a trade-off for his cordiality; his sister Naya has laid out the practice of 'Bhai Puja'.

Be that as it may, we call the five days of Tihar as 'Yamapanchak', the five days of Yamaraj. During these five days we do all that could be within reach to keep Yamaraja blissful, in light of the fact that Yamaraja will pass judgment on our indecencies and ideals after our demise and treat our spirit appropriately.