I like Indra jatra for its sheer wildness and primitive nature. Crowd, hustle and bustle, yelling, sweat, heat. Wild dance, ancient play, mask puja or some other weird thing taking place in one or the other corner of hanumandhoka, basantapur and toles surrounding them. You lose yourself and be part of that pulsating, swelling and about-to-burst crowd. Red-haired Lakhe, blue-haired sabha bakkhu, skeletal kankali-mankali, girant talankishi, rope-bound indra, white daagini (sort of pied-piper), chriot with ganesh, bhairav and kumari. Drunk and in-trance boys pulling chariot and yelling �hoste haise!� Girls, boys, villagers and awe-struck tourists on temple steps. King and cameras. Oil lamps, smart gorkha soldiers, musical bands. Dass avatar play on the steps of Shiv temple. Chirags lighted by sulphur powder. Painted faces of actors. Ancient box with tracing paper as foreground showing names of avatars. The whole jatra looks like one big primitive play in the middle of which you have landed yourself accidentally.

Primitive� sensation over-dose and the adrenaline rush I won�t miss for anything� on 27 Sept.!!!!!!

In a hurry� apologies for typos.

SofT

Sharing few pics from last years Indra Jatra. It's an interesting festival.

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are u guys gone nuts? there is no point of celebrating that indra jatra...................u are going to make that crazy, manupulator, stupid,son of the bitch king of heaven indra.........who wants to save his ass all the time and goes to shiva and vishu for help...........who cant even fight with danab? man, he is wanker with lots of heavenly prostitue but nothing............vishwamitra wanted to make his own heaven.......he shattered it but sending apsara..........somebody does meditation afnd his throne get scattered and he manupulates it..............even in vedas and puran...............most of the god tired to teach him lesson .........krishna take goverdan parvat in one hand to bring his ego down..........vishnu and mahadev has risked his life for saving his ass............I still cant get it why ppl call him god..........time to wake up........

Money minded sir!(i don't sorry to call u sir)
Hajur ko kura sunda, herda, bujhda malai hajur ko dimag pakka bidrohi prakaar ko hunuparchha jasto lagyo!Lotta bed, bedanta ko kura garnu hunchha kahile mohammad lai gaali garnu hunchha kahile indraji lai kahile sitaraji ko pachadi lagnuhunchha kahile bed byas lai pachadi parne asafal prayas garnu hunchha; khai maile marigaye thammyaunai sakina hajur ko manastithi! sajha.com ma aaunuhunchha controversal kura garnu hunchha aru lai nepal gayera maobadi sanga bajhne sallah dinu hunchha.... tara hajur ko roop ajhai buhjna sakya bhaye marijaau!
Gathe! hajur ko ta nepal firti sawari bhaye bess hola, desh sudhriyela, maobadi ko samasya samadhan garnu hola.. aadi ityadi...
hajur ko uhi daas..
soordas

Nice pics!

i remember getting drunk in indra jatra with my frens in basantapur chatamari-chen in chikamungal and then going after the raath. it was fun

Thanks Laughing_Buddha!
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HM