This festival is celebrated on 22th September. In this festival, Lord Indra is worshiped. Lord Indra is taken as god of rain, peace and prosperity. In this festival, you will get to see different cultural and traditional dances The festival lasts in 8 days. The festival was started in ancient Newari king Jay Prakash Malla in 1740 A.D. King Prithvi Narayan Shah (unfier of Nepal) had captured the Kathmandu Valley when the Malla kings were celbrating heartily this festival with kathmandu Valleys. 
This festival is celebrated by both Hindus and Buddhist. At Basantapur area, President visits in the Basantapur Durbar Square to observe the Festival. Chariot of Lord Ganesh, Bhairav and Kumari are pulled in the festival. This festival is worshiped for 8 days. In the main day, there is public holiday.Very big people gather at Basantapur to observe the festival as you you can see various cultural and tradional programmes in the day . Many tourists are attracted in the day.
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