KATHMANDU, Nepal – The last time the five-story-high chariot crashed during Nepal's Rato Machindranath festival, participants knew something bad was coming. Months later, in February 2005, then-King ...

Despite contradictory government directives about the Machindranath Chariot in Patan due to the COVID-19 crisis, the local community trust in Patan involved in the festival has decided to go ahead ...

A chariot is seen during the celebration of Rato Machindranath festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, May 11, 2024. Local people worship Rato Machindranath, the god of rain, for a good harvest. Photo: Xinhua ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Devotees gather around the chariot of Seto Machindranath (C) during the Seto Machindranath chariot festival at ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A drastically truncated version of a Hindu chariot festival took place Saturday in Nepal's capital amid strict COVID-19 restrictions, following an agreement by organizers and ...

Clutching flaming bundles of straw these Nepalese revellers were praying their torches would light the way to a bumper harvest as they celebrated a traditional festival. The excited men and women were ...

People participate in the Rato Machindranath Festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, July 25, 2020. The Rato Machindranath festival, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, started in Nepal from July ...

One of the biggest chariot festivals known as Seto Macchindranath Jatra is being celebrated inside Kathmandu valley after settling of the third wave of COVID-19 infection. The 3-day long chariot ...

Rato Machindranath Jatra is one of the greatest religious events in the city of Patan and the longest chariot festival celebrated in Nepal. The Red God, also known as Avalokitesvara Karunamaya or Rato ...

Kathmandu [Nepal], July 25 (ANI): The longest chariot festival in Nepal, the Rato Machindranath chariot festival earlier postponed due to the lockdown imposed to curb coronavirus pandemic, began on ...

Despite contradictory government directives about the Machindranath Chariot in Patan due to the COVID-19 crisis, the local community trust in Patan involved in the festival has decided to go ahead ...