{"id":435795,"date":"2026-09-11T10:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T04:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=435795"},"modified":"2026-09-11T10:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T04:55:07","slug":"fathers-day-kushe-aunshi-being-marked-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/09\/11\/435795.html","title":{"rendered":"Father’s day (Kushe Aunshi) being marked today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kathmandu: Kushe Aunshi or Father’s Day is being observed across the country today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hindus will be celebrating Kushe Aunshi today by bringing kush, a sharp-edged holy grass, into their houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a religious belief that keeping kush brought by priests and anointed with sacred verses or mantras in the house brings well-being to the household, said religious expert Prof Dr Devmani Bhattarai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hindu community regards kush, tulasi (basil plant), peepal, and shaligram (ammonite stone) as the symbols of Lord Bishnu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day is also celebrated as Father’s Day or Gokarne Aunshi. People, on this occasion, wish their fathers with gifts and delicious food items, including sweets, and show reverence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The major marketplaces in the capital have been busy since the morning with people shopping for sweets, fruits, and gifts for their fathers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per the religious belief of ‘pitridevo bhava’ (respect for ancestors), sons and daughters receive blessings from their fathers, and those whose fathers are already deceased go to a pilgrimage site and perform shraddha, the holy ritual in remembrance of those who have passed away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By doing this, it is believed that their lineage will remain stable forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this day, a special fair is organized on the premises of Gokarneshwor Mahadev Temple in the north-eastern part of Kathmandu, especially known as Uttargaya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this occasion, a crowd gathers on the premises of Gokarneshwor Mahadev Temple to offer tarpan, pinda daan, and sidadaan in the name of the departed father. RSS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos From Gokarneshwor Mahadev Temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kathmandu: Kushe Aunshi or Father’s Day is being observed across the country today. Hindus will be celebrating Kushe Aunshi today by bringing kush, a sharp-edged holy grass, into their houses. There is a religious belief that keeping kush brought by priests and anointed with sacred verses or mantras in the house brings well-being to the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":435802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-435795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435795"}],"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\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435805,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435795\/revisions\/435805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435795"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=435795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}