In Pics: Hindu women celebrating Rishi Panchami
On the day, those observing the festival wake up early in the morning, go to nearby river, stream, ponds and lake and take bath with established rituals.
KATHMANDU: Rishi Panchami, which falls on Bhadra Shukla Panchami, is observed by Hindu women today by worshiping Saptarishi alongside Arundhati.
On the day, those observing the festival wake up early in the morning, go to nearby river, stream, ponds and lake and take bath with established rituals.
They clean their body with 365 stems of Apamarga, a herbal plant, take bath with cow dung and soil collected from sacred places and ash.
There is a traditional belief that by worshiping Saptarishi alongside Arundhati, brushing teeth with 365 stems of Apamarga, a herbal plant, bathing in cow dung, mud, and ashes, and consuming Panchagavya on this day, the defect of untouchability will be removed.
Following bathing, lamps, Kalash, and Ganesh are installed, and Arundhati, along with Atri, Gautam, Bharadwaja, Jamadagni, Vashishtha, Kashyap, and Vishwamitra, are worshiped.
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-Saroj Basnet/MK
