CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Bada Dashain, the biggest festival of Nepal has begun. The festival starts on first day of Navaratri with Ghatsthapana (traditional urn). Devotees performed Ghatsthapana and sowed maize and barley seeds for germination of the auspicious Jamara (barley shoots) in various parts of the country today.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dashain (aka Bada Dashain or Vijaya Dashami) is the largest and longest Hindu festival, celebrated mainly in Nepal.

Detailed explanation-3: -On September 29, 2019 the greatest and longest hindu festival of Nepal named as Bada Dashain formally began. The first day of this Dashain marks the beginning of Navaratri festival too. Seeds of maize, wheat, barley, etc are sowed in a “Ghada” (earthen pot) and kept in houses or temples as part of the vedic tradition.

Detailed explanation-4: -Diwali is India’s most important festival of the year-a time to celebrate the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil.

Detailed explanation-5: -The biggest and most popular festivals in Nepal are Dashain and Tihar. Dashain, a celebration of Goddess Durga’s victory over evil Mahishasura, as per Hindu mythology, whereas Tihar is a celebration of lights and color dedicated to Goddess Laxmi- the god of riches and prosperity as per Hindu mythology.