President Bhandari not to offer tika to public this Dashain

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has decided not to offer tika to the general public on Bijaya Dashami, due to the risk of COVID-19.

In a press statement issued by the Assistant Spokesperson at the Office of the President, Keshav Prasad Ghimire, it was shared that President Bhandari would not visit shrines on the eighth day of the festival Maha Ashtami and on the Kojagrat Purnima as well.

There is a tradition that the Head of the State visits various Hindu shrines in the Kathmandu Valley to worship Goddess Durga Bhawani.