Bisket Jatra Festival Images, Stock Photos: Bisket Jatra is an annual event in Bhaktapur, Dhapasi and Tokha in Nepal. This festival is celebrated at the start of the new year on the Bikram Sambat calendar, however, the festival it self is not related to Bikram Sambat. Legend has it that this celebration is the “festival after the death of the serpent”. Numerous areas of Bhaktapur city celebrate this festival according to their own ritual. The most eventful places in the course of the festival are Bhaktapur Durbar Square and Thimi Balkumari. A huge chariot carrying a statue of the God Bhairava is pulled by hundreds of people to the Khalna Tole. Approximately a month earlier, the chariot is assembled near the Nyatapole temple (five stair temple). The most spectacular event on Bhaktapur Durbar square is a huge tug-of-war between the eastern and western part of town. Each team tries to pull to their side but later the chariot heads toward Khalna Tole. A huge approximately 25 meters Yoh si (lingo) is erected in the stone called yoni (female genital) base. In the evening of New Year, the Yoh si is pulled down as the New Year officially commences.
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A devotee holds on to the ropes tied to the chariot of God Bhairab during the Biska Festival also known as Bisket festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal
An artist paints on the giant wheel of the chariot of God Bhairab
Bhaktapur is one of three ancient settlements in the Kathmandu Valley, the other two being Kathmandu, the country’s capital, and Patan
Bisket Jatra festival is celebrated in the month of April on the 1st day of Nepali month Baisakh
Devotees carry the idol of God Bhairab towards the chariot
During the celebrations, a three-storey wooden chariot carrying the revered idol of Bhairab is pulled through the narrow streets by local men, before a huge tree trunk is erected – representing the union of man and woman
Nepalese Hindu devotees carry a statue of the Hindu god Bhairav
Nepalese Hindu devotees push a wooden chariot through the crowd during the festival
People throng the Nyatapola Temple in Bhaktapur to celebrate the 9 days long festival
Ropes tied on the chariot of God Bhairab lie on the ground
The religious festival – which marks the year 2071 in the Bikram calendar – also sees locals sacrificing chickens for a statue of god-figure Lingam
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