It is customary for the 'Khichdi Jatra' to begin in Gorakhpur on Magh 1 after the khichdi arriving from Gorkha is offered at the Gorakhnath Temple in Gorakhpur, India.
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The Khichdi Yatra from Gorakhnath Temple in Gorkha to Gorakhnath Temple in Gorakhpur, India, began on Tuesday.
The Khichdi Yatra has been started with food items including 14 types of food items.
On the first day of the journey, after garlanding the statue of Prithvi Narayan Shah at Thulogagan in the Gorkha district headquarters, a walk was taken to Harmatari Chowk. The Khichdi Yatra, which had been stopped for two decades, was started with the initiative of the Cow Protection Association. Hom Singh Basnet, President of the National Cow Protection Association, said that the journey, which was started two years ago, is being organized and continued.
He also said that this year, it is being organized jointly by the Guru Gorakshnath Foundation and the National Cow Protection Association, with the cooperation and support of Gorkha Municipality and the coordination and management of the Gorkha Durbar Care Office.
The journey, which will start from Gorkha on December 29, will end on January 1 after reaching Gorakhpur. It is customary for the 'Khichdi Jatra' to begin after special worship at the Gorakhnath temple in Gorakhpur and offering khichdi from Gorkha. The Khichdi Yatra also plays a role in strengthening the relationship between the two countries, said Guru Gorakshanath Foundation President Shubhendu Gupta.
Khichdi, which was sent from the royal palace during the monarchy, has been sent from the Gorakhnath Temple in Gorkha Durbar since last year. Basnet, President of the Cow Protection Association, said that there is a very old tradition of offering khichdi from Nepal before the Khichdi religious procession that begins every year on Magh 1 in Gorakhpur.
Basnet said that the tradition of sending khichdi from Gorakhnath in Gorakhpur to Gorakhnath in Gorakhpur started about five hundred years ago. Earlier, it was the tradition of sending khichdi from Gorkha to the royal palace when the capital was shifted to Kathmandu. However, after the establishment of the republic, the religious journey with khichdi started two years ago. On the morning of Makar Sankranti, there is a tradition of distributing khichdi, which arrives from Gorkha, as prasad, in Gorakhpur. The journey started from Gorkha with 14 ingredients including rice, lentils, ghee, pidalu, Mahal salt, vesar, raw mustard oil, Gorakhnath's prasad, and Vibhuti.
