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LALITPUR
Devotees have been flocking to Tasbahal since morning to pay homage to Rato Machhindranath, the 'god of rain and contemporaries'. The number of visitors has increased since Rato Machhindranath was brought to Patan from Bungmati at 5 pm on Wednesday.
Priest Madan Shakya informed that Machhindranath was brought to Patan as per the auspicious site given by an astrologer associated with Machhindranath Guthi. He said, “We had brought Machhindranath from Bungmati at 4:15 pm on Wednesday with eight guards, including Guruju's platoon and some security personnel. There is a lot of activity of devotees here today. ” Priest Shakya said that it was his turn to be in charge till next Sunday under the care of Machhindranath.
Yagya Ratna Shakya, president of the 32 Paneju Association, informed that the priest, who had been fasting for five days, had taken Karunamay to Patan. He said, “According to the tradition of bringing Machhindranath to Patan in the same month, the site has been visited without the knowledge of the priests as there is a corona epidemic in the country. This time, Machhindranath was taken to Patan from Bungmati without much fuss. ”
According to Paneju Hem Bajracharya, various deities of Bungmati were worshiped before Lokeshwar was brought to Patan. Brismati was taken to Bungmati from Pulchowk on September 13 at 3 pm. This time Machhindranath was brought to Patan on the 57th day of Bungmati.
The temple of Lokeshwar at Bungmati is currently under construction. Machhindranath was kept in the temporary temple behind the temple. Last year, due to the corona risk, Machhindranath was rehabilitated and the procession was ended by pulling a chariot at Mangal Bazaar, Sundhara, Lagankhel and finally Jawalakhel.
Rato Machhindranath is considered by Hindus to be the newly emerging Suryanarayana, while in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition, Lokeshwar is considered to be the Abhitabh Buddha. It is mentioned in the book written by Munindra Ratna Bajracharya that Aryavalokitesvara has great glory in Newar Buddhist culture.
According to the legend, Gorakshanath, who once came to beg, was not given by the people of Kantipur, so he made Navanag an asana in Pashupati Mrigasthali. Thus, after 12 years of famine without rain, while searching for a solution, it was found that if Goraksanath's guru Machhindranath was brought to Kantipur, he would get up from Goraksanath's seat and have rain and contemporaneity. After this, King Narendra Dev of Bhaktapur, King Bandhudatta Bajracharya of Kathmandu and farmer Lalit Rathchakra of Lalitpur brought Machhindranath to Nepal from Kamarukamaksha of India.
Raktavalokeshwar Karunamay's place is very high in the Kathmandu Valley. They are called Loknath, Rato Machhindranath or Matsyendranath, Bungmalokeshwar, Bungadyah, Aryavalokiteshwar, Vrishtidev, etc. by various names.
Every year on the day of Chaitakrishna Pratipada, there is a tradition of bathing Aryavalokitesvara. Machhindranath's chariot is made at Jogambar Peeth in Damakalchowk. In 800 BCE, King Varadeva had a chariot built. Suryaman Dangol, a resident of Sundhara, expressed his desire to take Machhindranath around this year, drop coconuts, pull a chariot by a lone woman and show Bhoto with Jawalakhel.
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