Sacred Water and Offerings from Sankhu's Madhav Narayan Brought to Hanumandhoka Durbar

Water and floral offerings from Madhav Narayan in Sankhu Shalinadi were brought today to the World Heritage Site, Hanumandhoka Durbar. Every year on the eighth day of the dark half of the month of Falgun, the tradition involves taking water from the large kalash (urn) of Madhav Narayan in Shalinadi, Sankhu, along with floral offerings, to present to the deities in the Hanumandhoka Durbar area and subsequently to the royal palace.

Although the Madhav Narayan festival concludes on the full moon day of Magh Shukla, the tradition of taking the water and floral offerings to Hanumandhoka Durbar only occurs eight days later, a practice that has been in place for a long time.

When members of the royal family resided at Hanumandhoka Durbar, the chief priest of Madhav Narayan would apply the offerings, informed Vikasman Singh, Chairman of the Shree Madhav Narayan Swasthani Brata and Shalinadi Improvement Committee, to RSS. Singh stated that since ancient times, the tradition of bringing water and floral offerings from Madhav Narayan to Hanumandhoka Durbar has been maintained, and this practice of offering the water and Prasad to the deities here before presenting it to the royal palace continues.

Singh mentioned that even after the King moved to Narayanhiti, the tradition of taking water and floral offerings to Hanumandhoka Durbar continues uninterrupted. "This tradition remains intact even after the end of the monarchy. The offerings brought here are now being applied by the employees here," he said.