After fasting for five days from Ekadashi, dried nine types of food are taken as prasad after the moon rises on the full moon night.
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Dil Bahadur Shrestha, a resident of Kaski, was enjoying the festival of drying corn in the June light in the large courtyard of Gorkha Municipality-6. "Our culture is disappearing, fasting for five days from Ekadashi is the practice of drying food after the moon rises on the full moon night," he said.
This festival is celebrated with the popular belief that Amrit rains on the night of Kattik Shulk Purnima.
The festival was celebrated on Friday in the large courtyard organized by the Historical Area Preservation and Development Committee. It is customary to dry the grain in the light of June by making the image of the deity. Devmaya Shrestha of Dharapani said that the food worshiped in this way is eaten as prasad. "Earlier it used to be at everyone's house, but after a few years we have started celebrating collectively," she said. Sureshman Shrestha, chairman of the committee, said that the tradition of worshiping corn and other grains has been continued. He said that it is customary to dry in June after the production of corn, junelo, pindalu, sugarcane, mas, sugarcane and other grain products.
Locals have worshiped nine types of grains including roasted corn, soybeans, mas, chickpeas, plantains, masyang, junelo. The older generation was active in worshiping the festival properly. The new generation was also enjoying watching the new way of celebrating the festival. Chairman Shrestha said that this festival has social, cultural and religious significance. There is a religious belief that if you eat food after worshiping in this way, you will not get sick.
Devi Shrestha, the president of Neva: Deya Davu, mentioned that there is a trend of eating dried food in June after the new grain is grown. 40 years ago, this festival, celebrated collectively, was on the verge of extinction. With the activism of the locals, it has been started to be celebrated collectively again from 2076. Due to the corona epidemic, this festival was limited to house-to-house only for two years.
