tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87483391276459647592024-03-14T14:38:02.516+11:00Walk with RonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568737431970984360noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748339127645964759.post-31672399142095708462015-03-11T18:25:00.000+11:002015-04-03T15:09:33.864+11:00Kot Dada, Lalitpur<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Never heard of and never thought of being there.<br />
As we continued our Cherry Blossom tour, we headed our way up to the hill of Pulchwoki. Half way through, daddy asked me to do a U turn for driving through this very rough, off the beaten path wasn't pleasant. A stop by at Godawari Nau dhara and Durga mandir, and we made our way back. On Durga fupu's request, we decided to go to Bishanku Narayan which was 3km, running southeast from Badegaon. Obvious, we had to treat ourselves with local choiya kachila before we headed our way. The fun part of the temple, Bishankhu Narayan, was a walk in between the rocks, a tiny gap but enough to squeeze in through. The locals suggested us to go higher; absolute delight as we peaked. The view was amazing as we could see the entire valley, includes Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur. We could spot TIA, jets flying and landing in between. The range of the mountains at the backdrop was just as beautiful. It was a clear day. We four ladies couldn't help but photo pose, lying on a fresh green carpet. Well, it was untrimmed but hardly stepped nice and fresh green grass that looked like a carpet. <span style="text-align: left;">What's better than laying on a fresh green grass on a day like this and searching for shapes in the cloud?</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568737431970984360noreply@blogger.comLalitpur, Uttar Pradesh 284403, India24.6878597 78.412020624.6301507 78.3313396 24.7455687 78.4927016tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748339127645964759.post-4140539132403826582015-03-10T16:26:00.000+11:002015-03-23T22:43:47.129+11:00Cherry Blossom at Godawari<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Not that I expected it to be huge but the blossom at Pushpa Bikash Kendra, Godawari weren't tantamount to be calling it a festival as in sizes of trees, also the quantity. However, the bloom of cherry and others were quite captivating. We all were drawn into with five individual cameras. My dad's plan was to get numbers of cherry plants from the nursery. To his disappointment, they were all sold out. 'We should have come a bit earlier', was daddy's regret and Japan is still on my bucket list for it's famous Cherry Blossom. On a happy note, we took hundreds of photos.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568737431970984360noreply@blogger.comGodawari, Nepal27.59 85.38999999999998627.477422 85.228638499999988 27.702578 85.551361499999985tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748339127645964759.post-30796868097345292202015-03-07T16:53:00.000+11:002015-04-24T22:56:45.165+10:00Ghale Gaun Lamjung<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Turkish Airways crash landed the same morning I thought I was bidding a farewell to loved ones, I did too but unfortunately they didnt allow me in. Uncertain about how long the operation of towing the airbus would take, thought I better be blogging which I havent done in a while. I guess this'd be the only post of this year's Nepal visit but could be more.</div>
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Team of five and we headed our way early morning. After six hours of travel, approx 18km north west of Kathmandu, we reached Besisahar, Municiplity and Disitrict headquater of Lamjung. I was hoping to trek from Beshisahar which would have taken much longer for it took us 3 hrs of jeep ride. We didn't have a clear view of Annapurna ranges on our way. However, the magnificent views while we escalated was worth the rough ride. It wasn't a happy ride of course but until we explored a humpy-bumpy narrow road of Bhujung, the worst.</div>
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Much similar to Ghandruk and its home stay but smaller in size, Ghale gaun sits at an altitude of 2016 meters from sea level. GhanPokhara which we passed by and Ghaleguan are Gurung settlements. The village offers a tremendous view across Annapurna and Manaslu mountain peaks including Machhapuchare, Annapurna, Lamjung Himal, Bouddha Himal, Himalchuli and many still to be named himalayas, also popular for its unparalleled scenic beauty. There could be Mt Rona. </div>
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A brief touring of Gurung settlement, with the sun setting down the hills was breathtaking. Rajya aunty and her friends were looking forward to local kukhura, gundruk and dhedo for dinner. All we got was dhedo and sukuti. We were also looking forward to some cultural performances which didn't happen. However, home stay at DurgaDevi Ghale House No. 17 was cozy despite the cold night.</div>
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Next morning was an early rise for our pretty women, showered, permed and ready to head off to the view point. I was the last one to get off the bed. It was pretty dim when we walked up the hill. A majestic panoramic view of snow capped mountains from the top, watching the sun kiss the entire range was a once in a life time experience. Of all, the most memorable, was to witness the four pretty women dancing along.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sun kissed mountains</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view point</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gurungs of Ghale gaun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from our home stay</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Besisahar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bhujung Nursery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the way to Bhujung</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bhujung</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ghalegaun football ground </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pony grazing out the boundary.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kids at Ghalegaun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ghalegaun </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Narrow trails of Ghalegaun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ghalegaun </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ghalegaun School</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our home stay House No 17 Durga Devi Ghale</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568737431970984360noreply@blogger.comGhale Gaun 33600, Nepal28.2783122 84.30883770000002628.271320199999998 84.298752700000023 28.2853042 84.31892270000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748339127645964759.post-66263549028201501052014-05-22T14:52:00.000+10:002014-06-14T19:48:09.079+10:00Mud Pool NZ<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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All I could think of was 'Lord of the Rings', the movie and it's animated character, 'Smeagol'. I think he emerges out of mud pool in the movie if I am right. The place was nothing like we imagined. It was on my mom's top list, that amazing.</div>
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Wai-O-Tapu in Maori is 'scared water' and it is an active geothermal which we could smell it from a distance. We were heading to Rotorua for a place similar to this and were only 27km away but we decided to turn around for we knew we would be late to get back to Hamilton. So, we stopped by at Waiotapu. The area had many hot springs and boiling pools. Mud pool may be the favourite place in North island. For me, it was Taupo but spluttering mud makes you think every non living thing is living too, in a way. The belching holes burp, spit and hiccups just like kids would do and it was amazing, nothing like you have seen before. If you were to be alone which I was for a while and it was a different world with sound effects of plopping and belching and hissing..</div>
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After a very warm night in a small town of Waiouru, we headed to Whakapapa Village, located at the base of the access road to Whakapapa ski field on the western side of Mt Ruapehu. Whakappa is one of two commercial ski fields of Mt Ruapehu, the other one is Turoa on the southern slope. Whakapapa, the larger. Well, we made a full round of Tongariro National Park, it just took us couple of days.</div>
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The mountain was all brown although half covered with white snow and I wondered why. So, I found out Mt Ruapehu is one of the world's most active volcanoes and the largest active volcano in New Zealand. It is also the highest point in the North Island but I couldn't tell how high we were at. Well, we could have seen the eruption too looking at the frequency of eruption the mountain had, it looked like it is the time again. Unfortunately, it didn't happen and we didn't have to run.<br />
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After a nice and relaxing afternoon in the hot stream of Taupo, we headed to Whakhapapa Village. Well, that's what we intended to but ended up to this small town, Waiouru.</div>
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The state highway we took just before we reached this place was a 'Desert Road', literally a desert highway. We could see nothing, hardly any cars passing by, no plants or animals, nothing living but deserted. It was about 35km through Rangipo desert to Turangi which is the southern end of Lake Taupo. We thought we would get to nothing but when we saw this small cluster of a police station, petrol station, half a dozen of cafe/restaurants along the highway, there was a sigh of relief. I went in to a small cafe just opposite the petrol station and asked this chinese lady working in a kitchen how much a small container of rice would cost. She said 10 bucks and she gave me this look like 10 bucks for a container of rice is cheap. "Where on earth am I in?", I talked to myself. Anyway, there were motels in the town, two of them. One had a big sign on the front door saying, they are closed on Sundays. Since it was late, we had nowhere to go but this only motel in the town. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568737431970984360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748339127645964759.post-82375532958606145502014-05-19T13:57:00.000+10:002014-06-14T19:36:46.292+10:00Spa Thermal Park NZ<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;">We changed at toilets near the parking bay and walked down to the park bear foot, everyone seemed doing the same. As much we enjoyed walking bear foot on luscious grass of the Thermal park,</span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"> we enjoyed soaking in the hot pools equally, we kept moving from one to another. As the stream merges onto the Waikato river, temperature varied when hot stream mixes with cold river water. </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">The merging with the mighty Waikato River created a wonderful free swimming hole. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;">It would be a great place to plunge into in summer. We found some were into it, despite the chilly weather. Well, I wanted to as well after the hot spring soaking, but the place seemed to be crowded with some young lads with tattoos and their dogs and there came my hesitation. </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">Well, I will next time, if I make it. It was one of those serene places you see in the movies where couples walk into it and there comes a musical loop. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Huka Falls didnt seem to be far away but it took us about two and half hours drive from Hamilton. It wasn't that hard to find the place except that we took couple of wrong turn. We got there eventually. Woah, the rushing water of Huka Falls, gave me goosebumps whilst crossing over the bridge for a look out. It felt like I've been to this place, like many a times. Sure I have in my dreams. Deja vu moments I guess. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">'Huka' is the Maori name of the falls and it means 'foam'. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">It make sense for it looked like white foam over crystal blue with rapids flowing through the rock face of Waikato river. People should have put more thought into while naming these hands too, not that I don't like my name but curious. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">The data says, t</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">he flow volume of the falls approaches 220,000 litres per second, this could fill two Olympic sized swimming pools per second. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">I would have loved watching people spin onto the falls but I missed it. People hopping on Hukafalls jet for a spin, salute! That would have been really scary.</span></div>
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As much dad mom love taking me to mandirs, they like local eateries too. Upon finishing mom's shopping, we headed to Kirtipur. <span style="text-align: justify;">This time it was uncle's recommendation and no doubt it was worth every bite. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The word Newa Lahana means Newa Civilization and the place was pretty obvious to its name, preserving Newari culture. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">A must place, if you want to taste of authentic newari dishes.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></div>
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We were welcomed by an ornate gate with a big signage of "Lahana" followed by a stone paved trail with hanging pieces all the way. Fascinating as it was, the trail led us to Lahana museum. Pretty amazed with what we saw we had to go check how the popular Lahana restaurant looked like. The four storied concrete building wasn't that appealing. However, we did climb up to the rooftop and asked if they were serving any thing extra. We decided to go back to the museum for its more authentic environment, to see people at work and food of-course! <span style="text-align: left;">The view was spectacle as the place had this open wall and the seating arrangement was simple yet very comfy on coushions. </span>We started with a "samey baji" set and the plates kept coming until we could no more. Every dish was a delicacy and every bite, divine. Yum! I said yum with every bite. The dish I liked the most was "Sapumhichha" (liquid bone marrow encased in stomach lining). It was juicy and succulent, nothing like I've ever tasted, "Quati" comes second which I gobbled all my own. That gave me bad tonsillitis but again not as bad as from the last tour. I was on bed for two weeks and more not of tonsillitis but allergy.<br />
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Nepalgunj, our final pit for the day. Nepalgunj is a municipality in Banke district and is a border with India. I didnt expect Nepalgunj to be so chaotic. It could be the construction work, but there were too many on the road and off too. Perhaps it will be a better place in future with better roads as one can see where it's heading to. One of my wish list was a tanga (horse cab) ride in Nepalgunj, popular mode of transportation in and around the city. It is fun to ride as to my past experience, but passing through the chaos now, I was more concerned about the haze of dust covering the city. Although chaotic, I absolutely loved the view of the sun setting. I somehow managed to film it from inside.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568737431970984360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748339127645964759.post-37674902664090601562014-01-10T22:03:00.001+11:002014-02-01T16:16:59.747+11:00Harnawa-Bardia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After lunch at Chisapani, we headed to Harnawa, one of the five buffer zones, community forest of Bardia National Park. Buffer zone surrounds Bardia National park and is created to preserve the natural resources and for the conservation of wildlife. Buffer zone covers around 327 km of forests and private surrounding lands, Harwana is one of them. Harnawa is a beautiful small village surrounded by forest, 5km off the main highway. We were welcomed by Yamkala's (Rajya aunty's ex-student) mom dad, soda came first followed by fresh buffalo milk, they had two of them. Although mid-winter, the place was pretty warm and it was a sunny day. I absolutely loved the place, everything about it. </div>
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A very good night sleep on a larger than a king size bed (could almost fit 10 people) and we woke up in the dark. One more time, it was local 'anda' egg (relatively smaller in size) and tea and we were ready to head off. Unfortunately, our vehicle wasn't. We had to push it back and forth for a while, even my five year brother was a helping hand. Our driver said it was his fault to turn off the vehicle with the lights on. Ah! well, we were on the highway in no time and off again about 12km on the gravel road to Thakurdwara. We were ahead of time and we waited for GulabKali to appear. Elephant ride lasted about an hour. Not a quite ride like I had in Meghauli jungle, Chitwan for we had five year old brother on board but I expected to encounter more animals. Not luck our, the only different thing this time was reptiles including endangered long snouted gharial, marsh mugger crocodile and python. There were 7-8 pythons snuggled in the pit, apparently they were cold and would spread once the sun comes out as per our guide.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568737431970984360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748339127645964759.post-16373496655145635842014-01-09T22:01:00.000+11:002014-02-01T16:23:53.300+11:00Chandni-Dodhara <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So, our reserved vehicle picked us up seven in the morning. Our first turn was left, about 14km southwest along a dirt/gravel road from Mahendra highway to book an elephant/ride for tomorrow. We had to come back the same road, which killed about an hour time. Back to the highway, as we passed through Bardia National Park, we saw many wild animals from the park including white haired monkeys, dear, more monkeys and a group of crocodile sun bathing by the Babai river. Everytime we spotted one, I would ask the driver to stop. He wouldnt however, saying we are not allowed to, for they were many check points in between and he seemed scared. We continued our highway journey and stopped at Chisapani- Karnali bridge for lunch. Our driver knew where to stop by, meaning the food was amazing, very local yet delicious. We further continued to the west, Mahendranagar being our destination for the day. Mahendranagar is the most westerly border. Well, that was our aim, to reach the end. Mahendranagar is 5km east of the Indian border and 700km west of Kathmandu. We also passed through Shuklaphanta National Park.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Next, was Naag daha of Dhapakhel which was about 10-15 mins drive away. With few boats on the run it looked like Fewa lake of Pokhara. Although peaceful as it seemed we could see people around the lake busy washing. We then headed to Bajrabrahi Temple. The temple is 8 kilometres from Lalitpur, it took us about another 10-15 mins from Naag daha. The temple is famous for bird watching and is a wonderful picnic spot. We saw a lot of visitors in and around the temple. The temple is surrounded by a huge forest. I noticed that the temple didnt have a gajur (pinnacle). The myth says, the priest of the temple had a nightmare the night before it was supposed to go on. He saw that whoever tries to put on gajur would die. Thus the idea of gajur was abandoned and the temple remained without.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Finally Godawari, destined place, famous for its picnic spots and the Royal Botanical Garden. Godavari is a village situated at the foot of Phulchoki (the highest hill in the valley-2715 metres) and 14 km southeast of Kathmandu. First, we went to "Naudhara". We paid around Rs25 entry free. People were busy picnicking, it was crowded and loud. Next, Godavari Kunda where water flows from within the temple. The Godavari Kunda (Spring) was fascinating as the water flows out the courtyard and to the lake like site where people were busy boating around. The Royal Botanical Garden attracts many local residents and visitors but unfortunately it didn't us. Well, we didn't have much time to go around. The garden is popular for plants, trees, ferns, flowers, orchids and for birds and butterflies. It is one of the beautiful places just a few kilometres away to enjoy the nature, also proven to be a great picnic spot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Let's take it this way, it was a pilgrimage tour. It took me a while to get out of the bed. It was the coldest morning by far. We were out by eight. Dad had to drive with the headlights on. While mom and dad went out in search of duck, aunty and I stayed warm inside. I was sleep deprived.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Our first pit, Swamyambhu. The monkeys were cheeky even in the cold foggy morning, perhaps to do with the crowd, more the people more naughty they become. Puja's done dad handed me a warm cup of tea look like to drink. I took a sip and Yuck! Apparently, it's a good stuff. Yeap, everything good in life has to be sour, ugly or hard to accomplish.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Second, Bijeshwori Temple. A newly wed couple were behind us, lined up for puja. They seemed to be in hurry, so did we. Win! moms didn't let them go in even with their humble request. Next was Bhatbhateni Temple where I enjoyed feeding pigeons while moms busy on puja. Gyneshwor, the final temple for the day. Kids at the temple surrounded me when they heard squeaking sound of duckling. I lied and said I wasn't carrying one. Garden of dreams, the final pit for lunch and a nap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There was not much of a traffic on the way. If you live in Nepal or have been to Nepal, you know how troublesome it is to travel. Glad, the road took us all the way up to the hill, moms wouldnt be able to walk otherwise. At the entrance mom handed me some coins to throw in the wishing pond. The target was a medium size pot in the centre of the pond. Mom did it at once, for us was a struggle. It wasnt that easy as it looked and I wasted coins, didnt do the count though. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Up the stairs and we found people with long lenses and tripods capturing the beautiful view of the city. Most of them were tourists I guess. I started taking photos while others were busy buying candles. One of the vendors nearby hello-ed me and showed me a gesture. Apparently, I was a tourist for her for she saw camera on my hand. Praying with candles with monkeys around was a bit tricky. I didnt want to close my eyes for long since there's a possibility of monkeys snatching whatever you have in your hand. They almost had us when my aunty stepped her foot onto one of them. They attacked in a group and in an instance. I could do nothing but scream for I was a distance apart, with camera on my hand. I could see one of the biggest monkeys hanging onto my mom's kurta, couple on aunty's and others running randomly from all the corners circling moms, Sagar and Anju. Glad, there were other people around, helping to get away. This </span>didn't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> want us to stay for long for there were moneys everywhere and we were more cautious this time to move around. Anyway, the night was beautiful so was the place. It was a bit chilly on the top but the lights and the vibe was just as awesome. I didnt want to leave considering if there were no harmful and WWF champions 'chimpus' around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> My assistant for decorating mandap was my five year old brother Abhinash (aunty's son). It was hard to get hold of him but I drove him off with the gun, not really. He helped me throughout and in return I put tika on him. He was more interested in what's on the mandap. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When there are too many elders, you just have to follow them. You copy them, repeat whatever they do. One of the fupus didn't turn up. Perhaps to do with her religion, I woulnt know. We had fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The ritual of offering sagun, fruits and nuts and gifts continued throughout. It was sort of give and take. I could see smiles on all of them including the audience, the moms. Sisters were happy with the gifts/cheques they received and so were brothers. Cousin Sagar did a ramp walk covering himself top to toe with the gifts he received.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">All this time, I was thinking of all of us, seven of us, lucky seven of us. We used to have so much fun, memories remain. If only going back was possible, I would to childhood days.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568737431970984360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748339127645964759.post-90280270274752209082013-11-04T14:11:00.000+11:002014-02-03T20:38:57.127+11:00Mha Puja<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #272727; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Mha Puja and Nepal Sambat are celebrated on the same day. </span><span style="color: #272727; line-height: 19px;">It is a unique tradition of celebrating New Year, Nepal Samabat of Newars. </span><span style="color: #272727;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">It signifies an auspicious beginning of the New Year. </span></span><span style="color: #272727; line-height: 19px;">Mha Puja meaning worshipping of the self. It celebrates the spirit within oneself. It provokes prosperity and longevity of oneself. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #272727; line-height: 19px;">The ritual is usually in the evening. Half a day was spent on prep and the rest on decorating mandap. The eldest female of the family, in this case my mom played the role. We decorated mandap </span><span style="color: #272727;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">for all the members of the family while moms (mom & aunty) were busy in the kitchen. Different colours, grains, fruits and flowers were used for its decoration each playing a significant role. Uncle drew a mini mandap of oil within a mandap which represented the human soul. The reason it being inside is that a person shall prosper throughout the year. A person is believed to be blessed by each deity represented by fruits and grains. It is a must, one should wash his/her body before the ritual. I waited until the last minute and mom calls me 'basi khwa'. Yes, I didnt wash my face the whole day.</span></span></span></div>
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