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People from Newar community took out a Bhintuna rally in Bhaktapur to mark the New Year’s of Nepal Sambat on Tuesday. The rally that started from Chyamasingh passed through Suryamadi, Dattatraya, Golmadi, Sukuldhoka and ended by garlanding the statue of Jagat Sundar Malla.      

Gai Puja and Goru Puja are being observed throughout the country today on the third day of the five-day-long Tihar festival celebrated mainly by the Hindus across the country. This year, Gai Puja and Goru Puja have fallen on the same day, today. The cows are fed with sweets and delicacies as part of the Gai Puja rituals. As per the tradition, the sacred thread tied around one's wrist on Janai Poornima festival would be tied on the tail of the cow while performing Gai Puja today. The myth has it that by doing so, the person's soul crosses the Baitarani River, a mythical river, to heaven, after his/her death. Likewise, the ox is also worshipped today as it is a very useful animal in different agricultural works in Nepal which is a predominantly an agricultural society.

A group of people from Portugal has started a 21-km cycling trip from Jomsom to Muktinath, Mustang. The Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) said that they had arrived in Mustang by air route on Sunday. ACAP Jomsom Office Chief Ashok Subedi said that around four dozen people from Portugal had arrived in an ancient forbidden kingdom, bordered by the Tibetan Plateau and sheltered by some of the world's tallest peaks, yesterday. They started their cycling journey from Jomsom using main highways and alternative trekking routes. Motorable roads have started destroying the old trekking routes in Mustang of late. Now, the rural roads have been expanded in Mustang. As there are no alternative trekking routes, the tourists are found using the main roads to reach Upper Mustang. The ring road in Upper Mustang and lower Mustang has destroyed the trekking routes.

Nepal Police celebrated Kukur Tihar, second day of the five-day Tihar festival, amidst a program on Monday. They celebrated the day by worshiping, garlanding and feeding dogs. Dogs are worshiped as protectors of the house. A dog is the most loyal friend to human beings, and according to Hindu myth, dogs are regarded as the guards of Yama, the god of death.