A devotee offers an oil lamp to an idol of deity Rato (Red) Machindranath during the festival. Rato (Red) Machindranath Jatra, a month long festival, celebrated every year to herald good monsoon rains for increased rice harvest, prosperity and good luck, is one of the main festivals observed by both the Buddhist and Hindu communities. But this year, the procession will be conducted by constructing chariots considering the end of the lockdown and control of the epidemic. Necessary worship of the procession is being performed. Ratio Machindranath is considered as a Rain God.

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