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The Newar community celebrated the Gathemangal festival (Gathamangal: Chahre) by burning Gantakarna in the Dattatraya temple complex of Bhaktapur on Wednesday. This festival is celebrated on the day of Saun Krishna Chatudashi. Hence it is also called Gantakarna Chatudashi. It is customary to burn Gantakarna while cleaning the house to ward off ghosts.
दिनभर ठड्याइएको नर्कटले बनेको गठेमंगललाई घाम अस्ताएपछि नदीमा लगेर विर्सजन गरिन्छ । त्यस अगाडि छ्वालीको चिराग समातेर तीनपल्ट परिक्रम गराइने चलन पनि छ ।
केही स्थानमा भने विभिन्न स्थानका गठेमंगललाई एकत्रित गरेर जलाउने चलन मात्र पनि छ । धान रोपेर सकिएपछि घरभित्रका दूषित किटाणु भगाउन धुप बालेर धुवाँ पठाउने पनि गरिन्छ । यसबाट किटाणु भाग्ने विश्वास छ । परापूर्वकालमा नास्तिक व्यक्तिले कानमा घण्टा झुन्ड्याएको र उनको आतंकले धेरैलाई गाह्रो भएको उनलाई दहन गरिएको कथन पनि छ ।
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