Peoples celebrates Indrajatra in Australia for the first time.
Indra Jatra is one of the biggest religious street festivals in Kathmandu. The 8 days long festival of takes place in September each year and heralds the end of the monsoon season. It is primarily in honour of the rain god, Indra. It is also known as Yenyā in Newari/Nepal Bhasa.
Indra, the ancient Aryan god of rain, was once captured in the Kathmandu valley while stealing a certain flower for his mother, Dagini. He was imprisoned until Dagini revealed his identity and his captors gladly released him.
People from all over Nepal, mostly those who live within the Kathmandu Valley, gather at Hanuman Dhoka in Kathmandu. The first day of the festival is viewed by a large number of people. It begins when a huge, carefully selected pole, carried via Tundikhel (Kathmandu’s parade ground), is erected outside the Hanuman Dhoka in Kathmandu.
Classical dancers are also assemble at the spot, wearing different kinds of traditional masks and costumes and dancing around the courtyard of Hanuman Dhoka to celebrate Indra’s visit.
Above picture is of the crowdness of people. Not only to celebrate but also people moves there to see the Jatra.
Numerous other processions also take place around the town until the final day when the great pole is lowered and carried down to the river.
