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The month-long Gunla festival of Buddhists has started from today. This festival, which is especially celebrated by Buddhists, is celebrated for a month from Gunlathwa Paru to Janlathwa Paru in Nepal. This festival ends on the 8th of August.
In the Nepali language, 'Gu' means 'nine' and 'la' means 'month', in this sense it is called Gulla festival because it is celebrated in the ninth month of Nepal Samvat.
There is a tradition of playing nine instruments mainly on the occasion of this festival. Even though the Gulla festival is especially a festival for Buddhist pilgrims, people of other religions also participate in the Gulla festival. On the occasion of the festival, the practice of circumambulating various temples including Bahah, Bahi, Chaitya in the city is
During the Gulla festival, the Buddhist pilgrims circumambulate the Mahachaitya daily and also circumambulate the various chaityas of the valley. The main feature of this festival is the playing of Nyakun Baja. This instrument is made from the horn of a rhinoceros. In recent times, there has been an increase in the trend of celebrating Gulla festival with various original items. According to which, there is a practice of performing the circumambulation of Chaitya as well as the local Ishtadevata, Ganesha, Bhimsen, Bhairav and Ashtamatrika by playing Dha baja, flute, dhime baja, bhusya baja.
