Today, Bhai Tika, the best time at 11:02 AM
KATHMANDU: NOV. 6 – Today, on the fifth day of the festival, also known as Yamapanchak, the festival of brotherhood is being celebrated by the sisters with reverence, faith and loyalty, wishing them longevity, health and prosperity.
Today, on the main day of Tihar, the second biggest festival of Nepal, which is celebrated every year on Kartik Shukla Dwitiya, the brothers are receiving tika from their sisters. Today is also called Yama Dwitiya.
After the sisters put tika to brothers, the brothers also put tika to sisters. Prof. Dr. Ram Chandra Gautam, a theologian and former chairman of the Nepal Panchang Judging Committee, said that there is a classical belief that worshiping sisters brings unbroken happiness and prosperity.
Although there is no obstacle to put Bhai Tika all day today, the time of Bhai Tikai is at 11:02 am, said Prof. Shrikrishna Adhikari, Chairman of the Committee.
This year, the committee has stated that the brothers should sit to the west position and sisters should sit in east. If you do this, you will be right in the northern moon in Scorpio. Inauspicious deeds, there is a classical rule that the moon should be placed before or to the right.
According to the theologian, the color of the tika used in the Bhai Tika is red, white, yellow, green and blue.
There is a religious and social tradition that after the tika, the sisters give the brothers food such as Walnut, Katus, and Sel Roti, and the brothers also give the sisters a symbol of good fortune, clothes and Dakshina.
Balgopaleshwar is open for those who do not have sisters and brothers
It is customary to open the Balgopaleshwar temple in the middle of Ranipokhari in Kathmandu for those who do not have brothers and sisters.
The Balgopaleshwar temple is open only once a year on this day. On the days of Bhai Tika who do not have brothers and sisters, they go to this temple to worship, visit and put tika.
Devotees at Khanjaneshwar Mahadev
Similarly, at the Khanjaneshwar Mahadev Temple in Jayabageshwori, there is a practice of worshiping and visiting those who do not have sisters and brothers, said Dr. Govinda Tandon, a cultural expert and former member secretary of Pashupati Area Development Fund.
“Before 2035 BS, people used to jump into the pond to enter the Balgopaleshwar temple in Ranipokhari. At that time, the Khanjaneshwar Mahadev temple in Jayabageshwori was crowded with brothers and sisters who don’t have brothers and sisters.
The Balgopaleshwar temple inside Ranipokhari has started to open regularly after 2035 BS. After the Gorkha earthquake six years ago damaged the Balgopaleshwar temple, the Khanjaneshwar Mahadev temple has been crowded with devotees who do not have brothers and sisters till last year. The Balgopaleshwar temple has been reopened to devotees only since last year after the earthquake.
Bhaitika’s day is celebrated by the Newar community as Kija Puja. Last year, the date of Bhai Tika, which was celebrated by the Newar community as Kija Puja, fell due to change. This year, it has been reported on the same day.
-Purna Pd. Mishra/RSS
