Rot festival begins in Gorkha
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The 21st Shava Lakh Rot Festival has started at Gorkha Darbar from Thursday. The 11-day festival has started under the organization of Siddashram Shakti Kendra.
On the first day of the festival, a procession with a tableau is taken out from Gorkha Bus Park to Gorkha Palace. Coordinator of Siddashram Shakti Kendra Kishore Kumar Akela informed that the festival started by offering rot to Gorakhnath. On the first day, flag hoisting, Jyot Pujan, special Havan of Gorakhnath will be held.
He said that he will offer 1.5 million Rot to Gorakhnath for 11 days. It is believed that the festival will help in attracting religious tourists.
Devotees from Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Chitwan, Kaski, Parsa, Sarlahi, Sindhuli and other districts are also expected to come to the festival. The center has been organizing a quarter of a million Rot Mahotsav since 2061. On the day of Gorakhnath Baisakh Purnima, religious beliefs are revealed in Gorakh Cave.
A two-layer rot prepared from cow, barley or rice flour is offered to Gorakhnath. It is a religious belief that after bringing in a new grain crop in every season, the flour of the new grain is cooked in ghee and made into a roti and eaten only by offering it to Gorakhnath. The festival will be held until the 20th.
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