{"id":10704,"date":"2025-09-22T05:18:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/?p=10704"},"modified":"2025-09-22T05:20:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:20:38","slug":"ghatasthapana-2082-nepal-begins-dashain-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/?p=10704","title":{"rendered":"Ghatasthapana 2082: Nepal Begins Dashain Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Himal Hub\/<\/strong>\u00a0Nepal today observed Ghatasthapana, marking the auspicious beginning of Dashain, the country\u2019s most significant Hindu festival. Across homes and temples, devotees performed the sacred ritual of Kalashsthapana, sowing barley and maize seeds to cultivate Jamara, a symbol of prosperity and divine grace.<\/p>\n<p>The auspicious hour for Ghatasthapana was during Pratipada Tithi this morning, considered the most favorable time according to Vedic scriptures. For those unable to perform the ritual then, alternative muhurats such as Abhijit were observed. Special sanctified spaces have now been prepared nationwide where the Kalash and Jamara will be nurtured throughout the nine days of Navratri.<\/p>\n<p>Ghatasthapana also honors Goddess Shailaputri, the first manifestation of Goddess Durga, signifying strength, purity, and new beginnings. The festival will continue for nine days of devotion and celebration, culminating in Vijayadashami, when elders bestow blessings with tika and jamara upon younger generations.<\/p>\n<p>Amid present national challenges, the observance of Ghatasthapana has infused households with renewed faith, unity, and hope for peace, harmony, and prosperity in the days ahead.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Himal Hub\/\u00a0Nepal today observed Ghatasthapana, marking the auspicious beginning of Dashain, the country\u2019s most significant Hindu festival. Across homes and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-news-hub","category-rangamancha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10706,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10704\/revisions\/10706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}