Today, sugarcane, haledo, banana plant, rice husk, bela leaf, darim, Jayanti, Ashoka flower and human tree are brought into the home or worship room on Dasain as a symbol of auspicious time.
Phulpati festival, which is celebrated on Ashwin Shukla Saptami day every year under Durga Paksha, is being celebrated in every house according to the classical method by bringing in Phulpati, a symbol of auspicious time.
Since the day of Ghatasthapana, invoking Durga according to Vedic rituals, in Dasain house or worship room, sugarcane, haledo, banana plant, rice husk, bela leaf, darim, Jayanti, Ashoka flower and man tree are used as symbols of auspicious time. It is brought in.
Flower leaf, also known as Navapatika, is used as a symbol of Goddess Navati, which is a Vedic method of worshiping power according to the classical method. Dr. Devmani Bhattarai informed.
'Brahmani is worshiped in banana, Raktadantika in Darim, Lakshmi in Paddy, Durga in Haledo, Chamunda in Manavriksha, Kalika in Sugarcane, Shiva in Belpatra, Shokarita in Ashoka and Kattiki Devi in Jayanti.
After bringing in the flowers, all the nine goddesses are ritually worshipped. Prof. Dr. Bhattarai also said that there is no need to plant flowers. told There is a tradition of bringing flower pots brought from Gorkha district into the Dashinghar of Hanumandhoka Palace.
It is a tradition that six people from Magar caste along with priests from Dashinghar bring it from Gorkha to Jeevanpur in Dhading and six Brahmins who went from Kathmandu bring it from Jeevanpur in Dhading to Jamal in Kathmandu. From Jamal to Hanumandhoka, high-ranking civil service officers, Gurju platoon, bandabaza, panchebaza and lavalaskar with cultural dances are used to bring flowers.
The Hanumandhoka Palace Museum Development Committee has informed that after the establishment of the Republic, the Minister of Culture will be present as the head of the state will be present during the introduction of flowers in the Dashinghar of the Hanumandhoka Palace.
This year's Phulpati is scheduled to be held on Monday at 4:30 PM. In the program, the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Durbar Care Center has informed that members of the Provincial Assembly of Kathmandu and local people's representatives have been invited.
The social activity of Durga Puja, the great festival of Nepali people, which starts after the Vedic method of Ghatastshana and Jamra, starts on the day of Ashwin Shukla Pratipada.
