PM Karki not to offer and receive Dashain tika

Kathmandu: Prime Minister Sushila Karki has said that she is not receiving and offering the ritualistic ‘Dashain tika’ this year on the occasion of Bada Dashain, the biggest festival of the Nepali people.

Although Bada Dashain is a festival celebrated with joy and enthusiasm, this year there will be no Tika ceremony as the painful memory of young lives lost and many injured during the Gen-Z movement is still fresh, said Adarsh Kumar Shrestha, the principal private secretary of Prime Minister Karki.

Prime Minister Karki’s secretariat has clarified that in this painful situation PM Karki will neither herself receive nor offer the Dashain tika to the general public.

The worship of Sri Durga Bhawani at Dasainghars over nine days concludes formally on the 10th day of the 10-day-long Dashain festival, also known as Bijaya Dashami after the Abhishekh or sprinkling of holy water takes place marking the beginning of ‘tika’.

Tika and jamara are considered symbolizing blessings from the goddess Nawa Durga and they signify prosperity. 

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