{"id":431445,"date":"2026-06-19T11:06:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=431445"},"modified":"2026-06-19T14:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T08:59:06","slug":"karunamaya-chariot-procession-to-conclude-with-bhoto-display-this-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/06\/19\/431445.html","title":{"rendered":"Karunamaya chariot procession to conclude with Bhoto display this Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/DSC02510-1000x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-431446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/DSC02510-1000x500-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/DSC02510-1000x500-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/DSC02510-1000x500-1-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 19, Lalitpur:<\/strong> The historic 1,600-year-old chariot procession of Karunamaya Arya Avalokiteshvara\u2014the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion\u2014will reach its grand finale this Saturday with the traditional display of the <em>Bhoto<\/em> (jewel-studded vest) at Jawalakhel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lalitpur Metropolitan City-4 Ward Chairman Santosh Khadka confirmed that final preparations are underway at the Lalit Mandap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Revered by the Newar community as <em>Bunga Dya\u1e25<\/em>, the deity has been processed through Pulchowk, Mangalbazar, and Lagankhel over the last month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the <em>Bhoto Jatra<\/em>, the idol will be carried in an artistic <em>khat<\/em> (palanquin) back to its home temple in Bungamati. Though deeply rooted in Buddhist tradition, this ancient celebration of rain and prosperity is widely known across Nepal today as the Rato Machhindranath Rath Yatra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 19, Lalitpur: The historic 1,600-year-old chariot procession of Karunamaya Arya Avalokiteshvara\u2014the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion\u2014will reach its grand finale this Saturday with the traditional display of the Bhoto (jewel-studded vest) at Jawalakhel. Lalitpur Metropolitan City-4 Ward Chairman Santosh Khadka confirmed that final preparations are underway at the Lalit Mandap. Revered by the Newar community &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":431446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,8,3],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-431445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-en-cover","category-english"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431445"}],"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=431445"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431451,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431445\/revisions\/431451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431445"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=431445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}