Bhoto Jatra festival marked with much fanfare
19 May 2024
KATHMANDU: This year’s Bhoto Jatra festival associated with Rato Machchhindranath, the deity of rain and good harvest, concluded on Saturday with much fanfare.
The festival was not marked for the past two years owing to the risk of the coronavirus pandemic.
The month-long chariot pulling festival of Rato Machindranath was started on May 4 and concluded today by displaying the Bhoto or the jewel-studded vest at Jawlakhel.
Lalitpur District Chief of Guthi Sansthan Hari Prasad Subedi displayed the Bhoto in the presence of President Bidya Devi Bhandari as per the tradition to display the Bhoto on...
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