Rato Machhindranath Jatra

E672015
Hindu-Buddhist syncretic festival chariot festival religious festival

Rato Machhindranath Jatra is a major traditional chariot festival in the Kathmandu Valley, celebrated for invoking rain and good harvests and deeply rooted in the cultural and religious life of Patan.

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Machhindranath Jatra 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu-Buddhist syncretic festival ⓘ
chariot festival ⓘ
religious festival ⓘ
associatedWith Indra Jatra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Newar lunar calendar ⓘ
agricultural fertility ⓘ
good harvest ⓘ
rain ⓘ
calendar Nepal Sambat NERFINISHED ⓘ
celebratedIn Kathmandu Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lalitpur District NERFINISHED ⓘ
Patan NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
culture Newar culture ⓘ
Patan cultural heritage ⓘ
duration several weeks ⓘ
endEvent Bhoto Jatra NERFINISHED ⓘ
endLocation Jawalakhel NERFINISHED ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasProcessionType chariot procession ⓘ
hasStatus major festival of Patan ⓘ
one of the oldest festivals of Kathmandu Valley ⓘ
heldInMonth Baisakh ⓘ
Jyestha ⓘ
mainDeity Bunga Dyah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rato Machhindranath NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedBy Newar community organizations ⓘ
local guthis ⓘ
participants Buddhist devotees ⓘ
Hindu devotees ⓘ
Newar community NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
ritualElement offering of flowers and grains ⓘ
traditional music and dance ⓘ
worship of Rato Machhindranath image ⓘ
significance ensuring agricultural prosperity ⓘ
invoking monsoon rains ⓘ
strengthening community solidarity ⓘ
startLocation Bungamati NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolizes hope for timely monsoon ⓘ
relationship between humans and nature ⓘ
tourismImpact attracts domestic tourists ⓘ
attracts international tourists ⓘ
uses ropes for pulling chariot ⓘ
tall wooden chariot ⓘ

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Patan → culturalFestival → Rato Machhindranath Jatra ⓘ
Newar → festivalsInclude → Rato Machhindranath Jatra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Machhindranath Jatra