Happy Naag Panchami – Posters for Nag Puja

UPDATE on August 19, 2015 – An introduction to Nag Panchami audio/video added. UPDATE on July 31, 2014 – two posters added at the end.

Nag posters for Nag Panchami. Click on the posters to download the bigger version. You can print them or keep as desktop wallpaper.

Stories of Naag Panchami
UPDATE: Nag Panchami Stories - Farmer Daughter Snake God, brother sister, Bhoto Jatra, Vastu Purush

The devotees in Kathmandu go to Taudaha Lake, Naagpokhari to worship the Naag. Another holy lake, Naagdaha at Dhapakhel in Lalitpur also get crowded during the Naag Panchami worshipping.

In the Naagpokhari in Naxal, Kathmandu, a Naagpokhari Festival is organised during the festival to make the youth aware of our cultural heritage and religion.

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Happy Nag Panchami

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Pratibha Shrestha -Miss Purbanchal 2011 preparing for Miss Nepal

Miss Purbanchal 2011, Pratibha Shrestha, has started to prepare for Miss Nepal contest that is going to be held after one month in the capital. Pratibha Shrestha (16), from Dharan-11 was crowned with title Miss Purbanchal 2011 in the 2nd Miss Purbanchal Competition, organized by Buddasubba Trainig Center, Dharan on Saturday evening.

5 feet 5 inch tall Shrestha was entitled out of 22 contestants at Sabhagriha. 1st Runner UP was Laxmi Subba (20) and 2nd Runner Up was Anita Bishwokarma (20). All three beauties got direct entry for Miss Nepal 2011 Competition to be held in Kathmandu.

Pratibha Shrestha was also entitled with Miss Catwalk and Roji Baraili became Miss Viewers’ Choices.

Dandi Biyo – Is it the Nepali National Game?

Dandi Biyo is a very simple game, and is equally dangerous. Some say it is the National Game of Nepal. But, there is no documentary evidence to prove it (at least, I don’t know. If you have more information please comment.)

I am not against this sports being a National game. But, before a decision is made, there should be certain prerequisite of sportsmanship and safety of players and spectators. To illustrate my point let’s analyze the following photo:

In the photo above CPN-UML leader KP Sharma Oli is seen inaugurating Dharan Sports Tourism Festival, by playing Dandibiyo in Dharan on April 27‚ 2011.

 

Before the ‘sport’ considered a sport, let alone a ‘National Sport’, there has be a standard for everything that is used in the sport. These standards are required so that the competitions are fair and the result of one game can be compared to another. A slight variation on the length of dandi or biyo can have a very different result.

 

Some points to be noted:

  • A sports need to have standard playing gears. The dandi KP is using to play the game is a simple piece of wood. If it were to be a sport, that piece of wood should be standardized in terms of the type of wood, length, diameter and grip friction.
  • Same applies to the biyo piece. Length, diameter, tapering angle and so on should be standard.

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