The Newar community observes the Sithi Nakha festival

The Newar people around the country, including the Kathmandu Valley, celebrated the Sithi Nakha festival by worshiping water sources such as traditional water spouts, springs, ponds, and taps.

The Newar community in the country, including in the Kathmandu Valley, celebrated the Sithi Nakha festival today by worshipping the water sources such as wells, traditional water spouts, springs, ponds, and taps. Prior to worship, such water sources were cleaned. The festival is observed on the sixth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Jestha.

According to Dr. Devmani Bhattarai, a professor at the Nepal Sanskrit University, the festival is observed as per the Markandeya Purana, a Hindu scripture. On this occasion, water resources across the country, including in the Kathmandu Valley, were cleaned. Likewise, Kumar Shasthi was celebrated today itself, worshipping Kumar Kartikeya, who is mythically a warrior god of Hinduism._Rss

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