CULTURAL TRADITION OF PROCESSION (ŚRĪ NṚSIṀHA YĀTRĀ)

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CULTURAL TRADITION OF PROCESSION (ŚRĪ NṚSIṀHA YĀTRĀ)

In Rājopadhyāya Brahmins of Nepal, there is a tradition of celebrating the procession ceremony of the deity Narasiṁha avatar, in Lalitpur district of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The Lunar fifth day of the waning phase of the moon, in the holy Soli-lunar Śrāvaṇa month i.e. on Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī of the Hindu Lunar Calendar is marked as auspicious day for the religious procession, Nṛsiṁha Yātrā. This tradition of the holy procession has been held for more than a hundred years. This is one of the typical traditions of the Rājopadhyāya Bramhins, the Hindu Bramhans of the locality.[22]

In this Nṛsiṁha Yātrā, each year one male member of the Rājopadhyāya bramhins are registered when a brahmāṇa[23] lad is eligible to be called as a Bramhan.[24]