THE STORY OF THE GAI JATRA FESTIVAL

Passing by simply the name, you may feel that Gai Jatra (or the celebration of the cows) it's something like the 'running of the bulls' celebration in Pamplona. Indeed, that is extremely distant from the imprint. Gai Jatra, hung on August 27 this year, is really an event to remember the death of a relative during the year. It's an approach to get over the pain. One could even say that it has colossal mental impact.

Everything began with the tragic demise of a ruler, during the Malla Era, when the most prestigious of the Malla lords, King Pratap Malla (1641-1674), governed over Kantipur (presently Kathmandu). This lord was in charge of structure numerous landmarks in Kantipur, including the statue of Hanuman at the illustrious royal residence entryway, the tall section with statues of him and his family on top (broadly known as Pratap Dhwaja) in the square, the Kal Bhairab Statue and the Krishna Temple (Chyasin Dega) in a similar square, the white-shaded Pratapur and Anantpur Temples in Swoyambhunath, and the Rani Pokhari (Queen's Pond) close Ratna Park. (Sadly, Chyasin Dega was one among the numerous sanctuaries that were brought down to rubble by the awful 7.8 greatness quake of April 25, 2015.)
The story behind the creation of Rani Pokhari is truly intriguing. It was worked in memory of Chakrabartendra, the second oldest of Pratap Malla's five children, who had a most sad demise, being trampled by an elephant. The ruler filled the lovely lake with water from all the blessed waterways of the kingdom. This was to satisfy his ruler's desire of needing to purify herself by washing in the waters of all the consecrated waterways of the kingdom.

Presently, Rani Pokhari is an assistant to the narrative of Gai Jatra, and both are intently entwined, so how about we dive into it in some detail. The lord had two spouses and five children from them: Bhupendra, Chakrabartendra, Nripendra, Mahipatendra, and Parthibendra. Lord Pratap Malla being an illuminated soul, he needed to explore different avenues regarding another idea he had at the top of the priority list. He needed the majority of his five children to have the experience of decision a kingdom in his own lifetime, so he dispensed one year of principle for every one of his children. It just so happens, the second oldest child, Chakrabartendra, was trampled to death by an elephant on the second day of his assuming control over the reins.

His mom, the ruler, was crushed, since he happened to be her preferred posterity. The bitterness was with the end goal that she fell into a profound wretchedness, and she went through the days floundering in her hopelessness. The ruler cherished her, and he couldn't stand to see her in such a state after a long time after hopeless day. He acquired a wide range of excitement and performers to the court in rehashed endeavors to cause her to overlook the disaster. In any case, regardless of how hard everyone attempted, no one could make her even grin a bit, not to mention chuckle.

At last, in distress, the lord requested that his subjects sort out a motorcade in which one individual from each family that had endured a misfortune that year would partake. He requested that they spruce up in insane and showy ensembles and drag a brilliantly improved dairy animals along behind them. The individuals who didn't have a bovine could have somebody spruced up as a dairy animals. On this specific day, the ruler enabled his subjects to poke fun at existing social standards and individuals in ground-breaking positions. Each kind of nonsense and ridiculing was allowed. This flashy motorcade was to go along the fundamental doors of the regal royal residence, from where the ruler and his rulers would watch the party.

As the motorcade moved close to, the ruler called attention to the colossal unexpected of members, and told the lamenting ruler that each member in the procession had endured the passing of a relative in the year passed by. On knowing this, the ruler understood that she was, all things considered, not by any means the only one who had been so abused. Numerous others were lamenting for the departure of a friend or family member, similarly as she seemed to be. In any case, that had not prevented them from proceeding onward or participating in an interesting sort of procession, wearing peculiar garments and breaking a wide range of jokes, giggling till their stomaches hurt. Bit by bit, a grin of cheer started to frame on her hereto drearily tight lips, and in the long run a chuckle got away from her, which at last transformed into giggling.