Cultural Tradition of Procession (श्री नृसिंह यात्रा)

 

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The Nrisimha Yatra of Lalitpur, Nepal

In Rajopadhyaya Brahmins of Nepal, there is a tradition of celebrating the procession ceremony of the deity Narasimha avatar, in Lalitpur district of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The fifth day of holy Shrawan (श्रावण) month i.e. Shrawan Krishna Panchami of the Hindu Lunar Calender is marked as auspicious day for the religious procession, Nrisimha Yatra(नृसिंह यात्रा). This tradition of the holy procession has been held for more than a hundred years. This is one of the typical traditions of the Rajopadhyaya Bramhins, the Hindu Bramhans of the locality [1].
In this Nrisimha Yatra (श्री नृसिंह यात्रा), each year one male member of the Rajopadhyaya [2] community gets the chance to be the organizer each year in that particular day. He gets his turn according to the sequence in their record, where the names of Rajopadhyaya bramhins are registered when a bramhan [3] lad is eligible to be called as a Bramhan.^[15]