Kathmandu
Nepal on Thursday observed Janai Purnima, the festival of threads with ritualistic bath (bathing) and tying the sacred thread Rakshya Bandhan on the wrist and Janai across the body by Hindu devotees.
In the early morning of Thursday, the Batuks- novice priests took part in a mass bathe ceremony chanting hymns and mantras, making offerings to the God Sun and goddesses.
Meanwhile people gather on the embankments of holy Bagmati river to change and tie threads on their wrists, as the nation marks the festival of thread.
Janai, itself is a sacred thread that is believed to have emerged from the Yagya, sacrificial rite or performance of duty (Priest Recites religious sermon). A person who wears this sacred thread is full of energy, has two parts and each part contains three threads (Religious sermon), the first is Bramha, the second is Bishnu and the third is lord Shiva. These are the symbols of knowledge, meditation and power.
On the other side is nature who also are considered the female companions of males. Saraswati of Bramha, Laxmi of Bishnu and Parbati of Shiva, Sudharshan Prasad Dhudari, a priest on the premises of Pashupatinath temple told to source.
Commonly called ‘Janai Purnima’ or ‘Rishi Tarpani’ the tagadharis or those who wear the ‘Janai’ (the sacred thread) around their bodies from the left shoulder to right change the sacred thread today after having a haircut and a bath.
