Gaigoru Puja/Khandagras Surya Grahan

Gai Goru Puja
Today cow, oxen are worshipped. Sanatana festival Tihar advocate on the co-existence of animal, human and nature, today is the specific day for Cow and oxen. Normally, this day would overlap with "Hali Tihar" - Traditional wooden plow (Hali or halo), and other agricultural implements are worshipped but this year "GaiGoru Puja" is a day earlier.

Deunsi
Another big highlight of the day is Deusi. Yesterday's Bhaile's Vaka and today Deunse's Vaka. Of course, due to the Corona tragedy and the health crisis, these interesting things will not continue this year, but we will rejoice in the memories of the previous year and cultivate hope for forthcomings.

Deunse is a pre-historic storytelling and singing tradition, where a group of people visits a neighbor's doorstep, courtyard, and organize a musical and lyrical event for a short time. This is a traditional way of storytelling, those Deunse narrates several stories of ancient King Bali and other ancient pauranik characters. Later Deunse receives foods, grains, money, and thanks from the house owner, the ceremony ends with the flow of best wishes and blessings to the house owner, family, and society.

Utmost wishes for the coming years.

Khandagras Surya Grahan
Tuesday, 2079 Kartik 8, accordingly on October 25, 2022, there will be a partial solar eclipse as the moon passes in front of the sun. People all over the world will be able to see this eclipse according to their location.

This partial eclipse will be visible in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Northern Hemisphere of Guernsey in the United Kingdom, and will be at its most extreme over the North Pole and Russia.

This eclipse will be visible from Nepal India as well as Europe, North East part of Africa and South West part of Asia.
The solar eclipse that will last for about 32 minutes will touch the eclipse at 4:52 PM according to Nepali time. The eclipse period will end at 5:24 PM.

Suyog Dhakal