Jan - Feb

Seto Machendranath Snan
Swasthani Puja
Maghe Sankranti
Saraswati Puja

Feb - Mar

Maha Shivaratri
Losar
Phagu Purnima

Mar - April

Chaitra Dashain
Ghode Jatra

April - May

Bisket Jatra
Nepali New Year
Rato Machendranath Jatra
Budhha Jayanti

May - June

Gunla
Janai Purnima

July - Aug

Gunla
Janai Purnima

Aug - Sept

Gai Jatra
Krishna Astami
Teej

Sept - Oct

Indra Jatra
Dashain

Oct - Nov

Mani Rimdu
Tihar

Nov - Dec

Bala Chaturdasi
Bibah Panchami

Rama or Ramachandra was a king of Ayodhya in ancient India. In Hinduism, he is considered to be the seventh Avatar of Vishnu and a lila-avatara described in Bhagavata Purana.

Rama is one of the most popular figures and deities in Vaisnavism and its religious scriptures in South and Southeast Asia. The majority of details concerning Rama come from the Ramayana, one of the two great epics of India. Born as the eldest son of Kaushalya and Dasharatha, king of Ayodhya, Rama is referred to within Hinduism as Maryada Purushottama, literally the Perfect Man of Lord of Restrictions. Rama is the husband of Sita, who Hindus consider to be an Avatar of Lakshmi and the embodiment of perfect womanhood.

The Ram Navami Festival honours the birthday of Lord Rama (on the 9th day of bright fortnight of chaitra (March) and is celebrated in great style throughout Nepal. The Janaki mandir of Janakpur Temple is alive from 4am until late at night.

In the elaborately decorated temple vedic rituals and havans (special offerings and mantras to a sacred fire) are performed and leaflets relating to Lord Rama distributed. Discourses on his life and teachings are delivered and loud processions march through the streets.

Devotees chant sacred mantras, read excerpts of the famous Hindu epic the Ramayana, greet each other with "Sri Ram" or "Jai Ram ji ko" and consume only fruit and milk for nine days. It is the time for Hindus to saturate themselves with the gentle and virtuous spirit of Lord Rama