On this day, crows are worshipped and fed with sweets to please them so that they may bring good news to Yamaraj.
What you should know
The Crow Tihar festival, celebrated every year on the day of Kartik Krishna Trayodashi, is being celebrated this morning by offering sweet dishes to the crows as the messengers of Yamaraj.
Trayodashi has fallen at sunrise in the morning. Therefore, it has been decided to celebrate this festival on Sunday in accordance with the scriptures, said Prof. Shambhu Prasad Dhakal, Chairman of the Nepal Panchanga Nirikhaya Bikas Samiti.
There is a scripture that considers crows as messengers of Yama because Yamaraj gets to know the news of the people through crows. On this day, crows are worshipped and given sweets and food to please them so that they may bring good news to Yamaraj. In folk practice, there is also a tradition of saying, "Shubh Bol, Shubh Bol" if a crow comes to the house and crows. It is also believed that if a crow comes and crows around the house, it has brought some news.
'Kaken Dadhi Bhakshitam' means that crows find curd rice delicious, so feeding curd rice to crows on this day is a good message to Yamaraj, so it has been a tradition to feed curd rice to crows. On this occasion, special worship is performed today at the Kageshwari Mahadev Temple located in Kageshwari Manohara Municipality-1. Similarly, special worship of the crow is also performed at the Kageshwari Temple located in Hanumandhoka. A large statue of the crow has been made here.
