We organize Dipawali festival Tour in Nepal Nov 2016. Dipawali Known as the festival of Lights. This festival is known as Tihar in Nepal and Deewali in India. Tihar is celebrated for five days which generally falls in the month of October-November. The first day is Kaag Tihar, people worship crow this day followed by Kukur Tihar the second day when people worship dogs. The next day is Laxmi Puja, people worship Goddess Laxmi during night time putting lights all around the house but in the morning they worship cow as well. The fourth day is Gobhardhan puja, newa community of Nepal celebrated Mha Puja this day. The final day is the main day of Tihar called Bhai Tika, where siblings worship each other putting tika of seven different colours and garland around their neck.
Period of the festival Houses are illuminated at night and special sweets of different varieties are prepared. Hindu people worship goddess Laxmi, the Goddess of wealth and prosperity. On the final day of Tihar every sister worships her brothers and prays to Yama, the god of death, for their brothers' progress, success and long life. Sisters put colorful Tika on the brother’s forehead and garland them with flowers. The brothers, in turn, give Tike to their sisters after which gifts are also exchanged. Like Dashain, Tihar ends with a grand feast with all family members together.
Government offices remain closed during this Depawali festival.