{"id":427322,"date":"2026-03-30T12:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=427322"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T08:31:44","slug":"janabaha-dyo-karunamaya-chariot-festival-concluding-today-in-kathmandu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/03\/30\/427322.html","title":{"rendered":"Janabaha Dyo Karunamaya chariot festival concluding today in Kathmandu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/seto_machindranath_2082_19-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-427323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/seto_machindranath_2082_19-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/seto_machindranath_2082_19-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/seto_machindranath_2082_19-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kathmandu, March 30:<\/strong> The chariot procession of Padmapani Lokeshwor Karunamaya (Janabaha Dyo) is concluding today with the chariot ceremonially returned yesterday on the fourth day to Janabahal amid a grand procession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idol of the Bodhisattva will be taken down from the chariot and reinstalled in the temple today, marking the final day of the five-day festival, according to the chariot management committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Priest and former ward chairperson of Kathmandu Metropolitan City\u201325, Nilkaji Shakya, said the festival will formally conclude after the idol is placed back in the temple at Janabahal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The procession begins every year from Tridhara Pathshala in Durbar Marg on Chaitra Shukla Ashtami. The chariot is pulled through areas including Asan, Hanumandhoka and Lagan before returning to Janabahal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the fourth day, the chariot is traditionally circled three times around the temple of the deity\u2019s mother in Lagan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deity, also revered as Avalokite\u015bvara and Seto Macchindranath , will be reinstalled in the temple on the fifth day, officially concluding the annual festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, March 30: The chariot procession of Padmapani Lokeshwor Karunamaya (Janabaha Dyo) is concluding today with the chariot ceremonially returned yesterday on the fourth day to Janabahal amid a grand procession. The idol of the Bodhisattva will be taken down from the chariot and reinstalled in the temple today, marking the final day of the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":427323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,8,3,6,4,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-427322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-featured","category-en-news","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427322"}],"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=427322"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427333,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427322\/revisions\/427333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427322"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=427322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}