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Dashain 2025: Nepal Biggest Festival Guide

January 17, 20257 min read

Experience Dashain, Nepals largest festival celebrating goddess Durgas victory, with tika blessings, kite flying, and family reunions.

Dashain: Nepal's Greatest Festival

Dashain is Nepal's longest and most auspicious festival, lasting 15 days. It celebrates the victory of goddess Durga over the demon Mahishasura.

Dashain 2025

  • Period: Late September - October 2025
  • Tika Day: Falls on Vijaya Dashami
  • 15-day celebration
  • The 15 Days

    Key days include:

  • Ghatasthapana: First day, barley planting
  • Fulpati: Seventh day, sacred flowers
  • Maha Astami: Eighth day, sacrifices
  • Maha Navami: Ninth day
  • Vijaya Dashami: Tenth day, tika
  • Vijaya Dashami (Tika Day)

    The most important day:

  • Receiving tika from elders
  • Jamara (barley sprouts) in hair
  • Blessings for prosperity
  • Family gatherings
  • Tika Ceremony

    The sacred ritual:

  • Red tika on forehead
  • Rice grains
  • Jamara placement
  • Blessings recited
  • Kite Flying

    Popular activity:

  • Skies filled with kites
  • Friendly competitions
  • "Changa-cheit" season
  • Beautiful October weather
  • Traditional Foods

    Dashain specialties:

  • Sel roti (rice donuts)
  • Meat dishes (mutton, chicken)
  • Aloo tama
  • Special sweets
  • Swings (Ping)

    Bamboo swings everywhere:

  • Built in villages and towns
  • Children and adults participate
  • Symbol of Dashain joy
  • Community gathering spots
  • Modern Celebrations

  • Government holidays
  • Migrants return home
  • Gift giving
  • New clothes shopping
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