Khame Jatra
khame jatra kha jatra festival celebrated bhaktapur nepal occurs ninth day dashain mainly celebrated newar people similar procession also practised panauti form puja rather jatra kha mean pure male buffalo physical wound defect must seven chakras hair front middle part lean towards front hair back lean towards back buffalo specially reared festival name bramhayani goddess banamala clan subgroup newar community case buffalo cannot found rope tied symbol kha temple pillar dasain buffalo brought gathemung dattatreya square near temple goddess durga evening ninth day dasain taken open street chased durga temple towards bramhayani temple lie kilometer away bank hanumante river chasing start made drunk feeding alcohol chasing buffalo cleaned holy water hanumante river pilgrim also bath river tantric ritual performed sprinkling holy water rice flower body buffalo tantric mantra whispered ear buffalo slain symbol demon mahisasura head displayed demon king mahisasura body distributed prasada believed holy prasad keep evil away family prasad stored burnt fire incense lakshmi puja