Category: Bhaktapur

Woman with offerings in Bhaktapur

Woman with offerings in Bhaktapur heading for the huge pole and lingam during the Bisket Jatra festival.

Biska Jatra is an annual event in Bhaktapur, Thimi and Tokha and several other places in Nepal. The festival is celebrated on the same day as new year’s day according to the Bikram Sambat calendar (around April 14).

Bisket Jatra festival, Bhaktapur

Picture of two chariots on Khalna Tole in Bhaktapur on the occasion of the Bisket Jatra festival on Nepali New Years day

Bisket Jatra festival, Bhaktapur

Nyatapola Temple Bhaktapur

Nyatapola Temple Bhaktapur

The 5 storey, 30 metres high Nyatapola Temple in Bhaktapur, a good example of the Newari architecture. The Nyatapola Temple is the highest temple in Nepal.