{"id":367241,"date":"2023-11-15T07:26:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T01:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineradionepal.gov.np\/en\/?p=367241"},"modified":"2023-11-15T07:28:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T01:43:27","slug":"bhai-tika-today-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2023\/11\/15\/367241.html","title":{"rendered":"Bhai Tika today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onlineradionepal.gov.np\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bhaitika-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-338007\" width=\"590\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bhaitika-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bhaitika-1-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bhaitika-1-768x368.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>November 15, Kathmandu: <\/strong>The five-day Tihar festival culminates today with Bhai Tika, celebrating the bond between brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sisters bestow a colourful tika on their brothers, wishing them happiness, prosperity, and longevity, while brothers reciprocate with gifts and well-wishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremony involves anointing a special place for the brothers, drawing a trail of mustard oil around it, and adorning them with garlands of marigold and globe amaranth (makhamali). Sisters also offer their brothers a feast of sweets, walnuts, and sel roti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the National Calendar Determination Committee, the auspicious time for offering Tika this year is 10:51 am, although it can be offered throughout the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tradition of Bhai Tika stems from a mythological belief that a sister received a boon from Yama, the god of death, ensuring her brother\u2019s life until the mustard oil dries up and the garland wilts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those without siblings partake in the festivities by receiving Tika from others they regard as brothers or sisters. Additionally, the Balgopaleshwor Temple in Ranipokhari, Kathmandu, opens its doors today, a tradition observed annually on this day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 15, Kathmandu: The five-day Tihar festival culminates today with Bhai Tika, celebrating the bond between brothers and sisters. Sisters bestow a colourful tika on their brothers, wishing them happiness, prosperity, and longevity, while brothers reciprocate with gifts and well-wishes. The ceremony involves anointing a special place for the brothers, drawing a trail of mustard &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":338007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,8,3,4,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-367241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367241"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":367245,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367241\/revisions\/367245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367241"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=367241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}