Dog Worship festival in Nepal
Kukur Tihar, the festival were dogs are worshiped and honored. Every year on the month of Kartik, when there is festive seasons for the Indians, we Nepali celebrate Deewali as Deepawali and we call it "Tihar". The Tihar has five days which starts with worship of crows and then worship of dogs, worship of Mahalaxmi and then Govardhana Puja and then the Tihar concludes on Bhaiya dhuj or popularly in Nepal, "Bhaitika" The five days series of the festivals falls under the period of "Panchak" meaning five times. When the moon passes through the series of five nakshetra then Panchak takes place. The Panchak or five days is celebrated as the festive season. The first day starts with crow worship and the second day is the Dog worship. The Dog worship day takes places in the auspicious day of "NARKA CHATURDASHI". In this day, Bhairava is extensively worshiped. Narka means the pinnacle of tamas. It is in this day, the tamas form of deity are worshiped. Dei...