Festival

There are so many festival in Nepal. Among them Janai Purnima and Rakysha Bandhan is one of it.Once a year, on the festival Janai Purnama people go to river banks or visit different temples such as temple of Pashupatinath in Kathmandu or Kumbeswary in Patan for rituals bath. Afterwords the threads are changed. Other casteshindus and buddhist who do not wear Janai receives a piece of purified string on these day.This string called Rakshya Bandhan, is tied around once wrist by a Brahmin and is regarded to have the power to protect the wearer from evil.The wearer leaves the thread on the wrist until the lightning festival of Tihar, a later festival at which time a sister traditionally makes a garland for her brother.

On janai purnima the most pious Hindu devotees, with time and money to afford it. Make Pil-grimage to Gosainkumnd, the mountain lakes which are regarded as sacred to Lord shiva worshippers. A dip in the lakes on theis day is believed to add cinsiderably to a devotee's stock of merit.
The scene at Gosainkund, located at elevation 4360 meters mirth of Kathmandu and just south of the Langtang range, is quite exciting, and is well worth the climb often through rain up to the site.T
raditional faith healers called jhankris,dressed in belted white robes and croened with porcupine quills and peacock feathers perform riual dances to trobbing drum beats night and day.