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𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮 𝗗𝘆𝗼. 𝗜𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗮𝗹𝗶 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗵𝘂𝘁𝗸𝗵𝗲𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶.

~ 𝐘𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐡𝐢 ~

Indra Jātrā, also known as Yenya Punhi is the biggest religious street festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. "Ye" means the old Newari name for "Kathmandu", "Ya" means "Celebration", and "Puhni" means full moon so together means the birthday of the old city of Kathmandu. The celebrations consist of two events, Indra Jātrā and Kumāri Jātrā. Indra Jātrā is marked by masked dances of deities and demons, displays of sacred images, and tableaus in honor of the deity Indra, the king of heaven. Kumāri Jātrā is the chariot procession of the living goddess Kumari.