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                                      Janai Purnima Janai Purnima  is observed in the month of Shrawan. It is called Rakshya Bandhan as this festival observes the bond of purity and security.  This festival is celebrated by Hindus all over the world. Janai Purnima is Sacred Thread Festival. On this day, Hindu men, especially the Brahmins and Chettris perform their annual change of Janai and all who celebrates this festival put a scared thread around their wrist.Janai is a cotton string worn across the chest by Hindu male. This thread is only given to males during a long and  impressive religious ceremony called Bratabandhan. Almost all the religion has type of Bratabandhan, but known by different names. Bratabandhan is basically a formal process of accepting someone in the religion.   Janai Purnima is on Shrawan Purnima. This year Janai Purnima is on Bhadra 12, 2072, that coincides with English Calendar date of August 29 , 2015. Janai Purnima is on Shrawan Purnima. This year J
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                                                                      Gai Jatra Gai Jatra, ( gāi  means cow and  jātrā  means festival in  Nepali : गाई जात्रा, and  Nepal Bhasa : सा पारु) is a festival celebrated in  Nepal , mainly in  Kathmandu valley  by the  Newar  community. [1]  The festival commemorates the death of people during the year and is generally celebrated in the month of [Bhadra (Hindu calendar)|Bhadra] )August–September). The date is set according to the lunar Nepal Era  calendar: it falls on the first day of the dark fortnight of the month of [Gunla]. Gaijatra is celebrated widely in Kirtipur, particularly in Kirtipur's ancient historical towns Kipu dey:, Panga:, Naga:, Bhajanga: and Yarwocha: (Itagol) and other towns. The people in Kirtipur celebrating have many reasons to celebrate this festival and have a unique way of celebrating this festival. Among the people of Kirtipur it is said that the gates of heaven for the dead are opened in this day, and the p
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The relationship between siblings is extraordinary and is given importance in every part of the world. However, when it comes to India, the relationship becomes all the more important as there is a festival called "Raksha Bandhan" dedicated for the sibling love. Rakshya Bandhan The festival is made up of two words, namely "Raksha" and "Bandhan." As per the Sanskrit terminology, the occasion means "the tie or knot of protection" where "Raksha" stands for the protection and "Bandhan" signifies the verb to tie. Together, the festival symbolizes the eternal love of brother-sister relationship which does not mean just the blood relationships only. It is also celebrated among cousins, sister and sister-in-law (Bhabhi), fraternal aunt (Bua) and nephew (Bhatija) and other such relations. The festival of Raksha Bandhan is known to have originated centuries before and there are several stories related to the celebratio

Experience on herbal plants

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My experience on visiting Jadibuti (herbal plants) was nice. We had gone to Herbs Production and Processing Co. Ltd (Koteshwor, Kathmandu). I had visited there with my friends, and my teachers (Bijay and Mahendra sir). I had nice experience of learning about plants at there. I had learned about different types of herbal plants like Bojo, Sancho, Tulsi, Harro, Barro, Chiraito, Sishnu and many more. We have also learned about their production and processing, social and cultural importance, and political and economic value. We have also we have also made the list of the questions and we asked there our answer were responded properly by the member of the Herbs Production and Processing Co. Ltd.  It was the journey of ISA .