Source::Rss
The Bala Chaturdashi festival is observed throughout the country today to commemorate the departed souls. Devotees have gathered in the Shiva temples, including the Pashupatinath Temple, since last night to observe the festival. In the night, they lit lamps in commemoration of the departed family members and spent the night observing a vigil. In the wee hours of the next day, the devotees sow the Satbeej (seven kinds of grains) along the premises of the shrines this morning.
The festival formally begins on the 13th day of the waning moon in the month of Mangsir and is concluded today by spreading the Satbeej along the premises of shrines to the Hindu god Shiva. A large number of devotees thronged the Pashupatinath Temple to observe the Bala Chaturdashi festival, according to the source. Those unable to visit reached the temples of Shiva near their residences and localities and observed the festival.
The Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) has, given the Bala Chaturdashi festival, prohibited the production, transportation, sale, purchase, storage, and consumption of alcohol and meat in the vicinity of the Pashupatinath Temple until December 13. Violation of this order is punishable as per existing laws. As the PADT said, the Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, and the PADT workforces were mobilized to make the festival successful._Rss
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