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Bisket Jatra being celebrated at Bhaktapur

Bisket Jatra being celebrated at Bhaktapur

Kathmandu, April 15. Bisket Jatra (also known as ‘Biska Jatra’) is one of the main festivals of the Newars of Bhaktapur. It is a nine-day festival with pulling chariots of two deities, Bhairav and Bhadrakali. The festival starts during Chaitra- the last month of the Nepali Bikram Sambat calendar and ends during Baishakh- to mark the

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