KATHMANDU: Hindus throughout the country are observing the ninth day of the ten-day-long Bada Dashain festival as ‘Maha Nawami’ today by worshipping Goddess Durga Bhawani and making offerings.

Mahanawami falls on the ninth day of the waxing moon in the month of Asoj as per the lunar calendar. It is also marked as an important part of the 10-day Bada Dashain festival. Special worship is ...

opened its doors for the public on Monday on the occasion of the Nawami (ninth day) of Dashain festival. The temple, which is thrown open to the public once a year on the day of Maha Nawami.

Mahanawami, the ninth day of Bada Dashain festival, is being observed throughout Nepal on Sunday. According to the National News Agency RSS report, animal sacrifices and special offerings are made ...

The ninth day being the day of victory is celebrated by further sacrifices taking place in military barracks in a ceremony accompanied by martial music and gun salutes. I've celebrated Dashain ...

The celebrations mainly focus on the eighth and ninth days-Ashtami and ... Since Chaitra Shukla Pratipada (the first day of the lunar fortnight), priests at the Dashain Ghar have been performing ...

Dashain is the longest and the most auspicious festival of Nepali Hindus that falls either in September or October. Celebrated for 15 days, the first, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth day are the ...