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Monsoon festivals
Rain blessings and month-long chariot pulls
Monsoon is alive with motion. Patan's Rato Machhindranath chariot crawls through the city for weeks, Gai Jatra fills Bhaktapur with satire and grief, and Janai Purnima sends thousands to Gosaikunda Lake.
5 festivals this season
Rato Machhindranath Jatra
रातो मच्छिन्द्रनाथ जात्रा
Asia's longest chariot festival rolls through Patan
May 15·Patan
Nag Panchami
नाग पञ्चमी
The day Nepal honors snakes
Jul 29·Nationwide
Janai Purnima
जनै पूर्णिमा
Sacred thread day at a high-altitude lake
Aug 9·Gosaikunda, Pashupatinath
Gai Jatra
गाई जात्रा
Families parade cows to honor those they lost
Aug 10·Bhaktapur, Kathmandu
Krishna Janmashtami at Patan
कृष्ण जन्माष्टमी
Patan's Krishna temple under candlelight
Aug 14·Patan Durbar Square