Lakshmi Pooja being observed

KATHMANDU, Oct 28 - Lakshmi Pooja is being celebrated across the nation with great zeal and faith on Tuesday.  Wishing for prosperity, on the third day of Yamapanchak, Hindu Goddess Lakshmi is being worshipped at homes and offices of Hindu devotees today.

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Bhailo, a special cultural programme with songs and dances is performed from courtyard to courtyard tonight. The performers collect money from the households as donation by ‘playing’ Bhaili.

Cultural programme like 'Deusi' and 'Bhailo' are also highlights of the Tihar festival.

Meanwhile, Gai Tihar was marked paying reverence to cows today.  According to calculations of some astrologers, Gai Pooja is observed tomorrow. So, people will perform Gai Pooja rituals tomorrow also.

Cows, which are considered incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi by Hindus, are worshipped, decorated with different flowers and fed delicious food on this day. Every year, Gai Tihar and Lakshmi Pooja are observed on the no moon day in the month of Kartik according to the lunar calendar.

Tihar, which is also called Deepawali or the festival of lights, is celebrated from Trayodashi, the 13th day of waning moon to Dwitiya, the second day of the waxing moon, in Kartik.

Birth anniversary of poet Devkota Meanwhile, the 100th birth anniversary of poet Laxmi Prasad Devkota is being observed today by organising different programmes in the country.

Poet laureate Devkota was born in Dillibazar of Kathmandu on the day of Lakshmi Pooja in 1909 (1966 BS).

The veteran Nepali litterateur who began writing poems at age 10 has numerous epics, long narrative poems, essay, stories, play, novels, songs, criticism and short poems to his name.

Devkota was the first to begin writing epic in Nepali literature and his 'Munamadan' remains as the highest selling book.

Devkota had made a very important contribution to the worldwide publicity of Nepali literature by translating Nepali creations into foreign language and representing Nepal in various conferences held outside the country.

Enforcing Nepali Language as a compulsory subject across the country when he was the education and autonomy Minister in 2016 BS and active contribution to the founding of the present Royal Nepal Academy are his memorable contributions.