Thousands have gathered to participate in the Rath Yatra. The deity's coffin was taken from Keltol to Tindhara Pathshala on Durbar Marg at 5 pm on Thursday for the Rath Yatra.
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Every year, the Rath Yatra of Seto Machhendranath, the god of rain and prosperity, which starts from the Tindhara Pathshala at Durbarmarg on the eighth day of Chaitra Shukla, has begun. Thousands have participated in the Rath Yatra. For the Rath Yatra, the deity's chariot was taken from Keltol to the Tindhara Pathshala at Durbarmarg at 5 pm on Thursday. The Yatra began in the same chariot in the evening, according to the Seto Machhendranath Rath Management Committee. It is said that the chariot will be brought to the Asan today on the first day. It is said that after the chariot is brought to the Asan, a crowd of devotees will gather in the evening to worship and worship. The Rath Yatra runs for three days in the inner part of the city. The Rath Yatra ends at Machhendrabahal via Asan, Basantapur, Jaisedeval, Lagan. There is a tradition that the Guthi Sansthan makes arrangements for the construction of the chariot, including wood. Nilkaji Shakya, a priest of Seto Machhendranath and former chairman of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-25, informed that Kumari was also taken to the premises of Tindhara Pathshala today, on the eighth day of Chaitra Shukla Ashtami, and the Rath Yatra began.
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