स्मृतिका पन्नाहरु

 -By Dirgha Raj Prasai   Dashain (Vijaya Dashami) is a traditional cultural festivity. Dashain is the longest and the most auspicious festival in the Nepalese society and all Hindus in the world.. The fifteen days of celebration occurs during the bright lunar fortnight ending on the day of the full moon (Kojagrat Purnima). In this year 2011, it starts from Ghatastamna-Sep-28. The main Dashain is Bijaya Dashami- 6th Oct. 2011.Before Prithvi Narayan Shah (1868), the festival of Dashain and Tihar had been revered as a common culture of all castes. After Prithvi Narayan Shah, created a modern Nepal a new tradition was set by bringing Phulpati and Jamara to Kathmandu from the Gorakhkali Temple by a Magar priest. People from both the religion of Hindu and Buddha take Tika from senior family members in order of precedence after worshipping the main gate on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami. Before the unification of India by East India Company, India was not called Hindustan. But...