White Machhindranath Chariot Returns to Janabahala on Fourth Day of Festival

Kathmandu. On the fourth day of the chariot procession of Seto Machhindranath, the deity of rain and prosperity, the chariot was grandly returned to Janabahala.

The Seto Machhindranath Chariot Management Committee stated that the idol will be moved from the chariot to the temple on the fifth day, Monday. Neelakaji Shakya, former chairman of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Ward No. 25 and priest of Seto Machhindranath, informed that this year's five-day festival will conclude on Monday after the idol is placed in the temple at Janabahala from the chariot.

Every year, the chariot procession begins from Tindhara Pathshala in Durbar Marg starting from Chaitra Shukla Ashtami. On the first day, the chariot was taken to Asan, and on the second day, it was kept at Hanuman Dhoka.

On the third day of the procession, the chariot is pulled from Hanuman Dhoka to Lagantol. On the fourth day today, the chariot was circled three times around the temple of Seto Machhindranath's mother in Lagan.

The chariot procession runs for three days through the inner parts of the city. The procession, which passes through Asan, Basantapur, Jaisideval, and Lagan, is brought back to Machhindrabahal, concluding on the fourth day.

On the fifth day, there is a tradition of taking Seto Machhindranath, also known as Aryavalokiteshvara Karunamaya, out of the chariot and installing him in the temple. Following this, the five-day long festival concludes according to tradition.