Phulpati received at Dashainghars

Kathmandu: The ‘phulpati’ has been received at Dashainghar of Hanumandhoka Durbar on Saturday afternoon, the seventh day of the Nawaratha (the nine-night period) of the Bada Dasain festival.

The phulpati is an assortment of different plants and leaves considered sacred by the Hindus. It is a Vedic tradition to install the phulpati at their homes by all the Hindus on this day as an auspicious item offered to the goddess of wealth and prosperity.

The phulpati installed at the Dasainghar of Hanumandhoka was initially brought from Gorkha via Dhading to Jamal, Kathmandu. It was later taken to Dashainghar of Hanumandhoka Durbar from Jamal in a ritualistic procession which included government officials, the representatives of the Hanumandhoka Durbar Care and Management Office and accompanied by security personnel amidst the playing of traditional music.

It is installed at Dashainghar in a state ceremony every year on the occasion of the Dasain festival. A contingent of the Nepali Army’s Gurujyu platoon fired celebratory salvoes on the occasion.

This tradition of bringing phulpati and installing it at Dasainghar, Hanumandhoka dates back to the Malla era, the medieval period in Nepal’s history.

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