KATHMANDU: Many Hindu women across several parts of the country are celebrating Haritalika Teej today. However, owing to partial or total lockdown in as many as 43 districts amid Covid-19 pandemic, the festivities are toned-down this year.
Women usually dress in red clothes, observe fast, dance during the day and offer their prayers to Lord Shiva during the festival.
Usually on this day, various temples of Lord Shiva are thronged by devotees, including the Pashupatinath Temple of Kathmandu. Needless to say, Pashupatinath premises will not be coloured in red and green with women singing and dancing as they wait their turns to get blessings from Shiva, today.
Revellers are by and large confined to their homes in the view of the spread of COVID-19.
District administration offices of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur have imposed a week-long prohibitory order from Thursday to break the chain of coronavirus transmission.
Citizens have been urged to maintain physical distance and to avoid the places that witness crowds. Authorities have asked people to refrain from gathering at religious places as well in a bid to control the steady rise in number of infections.
Teej festival is a three-day-long celebration, which combines gatherings‚ singing‚ dancing, eating and fasting. The first day is called dar khane din during which the women visit places of their kin and friends and eat various delicacies. The second day is the fasting day or the main day of Teej. The final day of the festival is Rishi Panchami when women break their fast after performing puja of Sapta Rishi.
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