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September – November
Autumn festivals
Dashain, Tihar, and Kathmandu's greatest festival
Autumn is the festival season — when most travelers visit. Indra Jatra fills Kathmandu Durbar Square with masked gods, Dashain empties the cities into the villages, and Tihar lights every doorway.
9 festivals this season
Teej
तिज
A river of red sarees marches to Pashupatinath
Sep 4·Nationwide, Pashupatinath
Indra Jatra
इन्द्र जात्रा
Eight days of masked gods and the Living Goddess
Sep 26·Kathmandu Durbar Square
Kumari Jatra
कुमारी जात्रा
The Living Goddess parades through Kathmandu
Sep 28·Kathmandu Durbar Square
Navadurga Dance Festival
नवदुर्गा नाच
A nine-month tradition of masked goddess dances
Oct 15·Bhaktapur
Dashain
दशैं
Nepal's longest and most beloved holiday
Oct 18·Nationwide
Bagh Bhairab Jatra
बाघ भैरव जात्रा
Kirtipur's tiger-god comes out
Oct 30·Kirtipur
Tihar (Deepawali)
तिहार
Five days of lights, animals, and sibling bonds
Nov 9·Nationwide
Mani Rimdu
मणि रिम्दु
Sherpa masked dances at 3,860m
Nov 14·Tengboche Monastery, Solukhumbu
Chhath Parva
छठ पर्व
Pre-dawn devotion to the rising sun on the Terai
Nov 16·Janakpur, Terai