President Paudel reaches in Palpa to observe historic procession

Kathmandu: President Ramchandra Paudel has reached in Palpa, to observe the historic Ranaujireshwori Bhagawai chariot procession.

Chief Minister of Lumbini Province, Chet Narayan Acharya, received the President upon his arrival in Palpa on Tuesday. Defense Minister Manbir Rai and Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Badri Prasad Pandey have also arrived in Palpa to participate in the chariot procession.

The Bhagawati chariot procession is organized at the Tansen-based Ranaujireshwori Bhagawati (goddess) temple every year. There is a custom of organizing the Ranaujireshwori Bhagawati chariot procession on the second day of Krishna Janmashtami every year as a celebration of the victory against the British East India Company in the war.

Chief District Officer of Palpa, Ananda Kafle, said a chariot procession of Aman Narayan would be held along with Ranaujireshwori Bhagawati chariot today itself. The date to take out the chariot of Bhagawati and Aman Narayan has fallen on the same day this year.

President Paudel is scheduled to pay homage at Ranaujireshwori Bhagawati Temple before the chariot procession of Bhagawati is taken out, added Kafle.

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