Anuraj Clicks

Having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage not weakness.

Beautiful view of CN Tower as seen from the Ground level on the night of New Year's Eve. The Picture might look like a painting to most of the people but it's not, it is actually taken from my phone🫣.

On the first day of Kumari Jatra known as Kwaneyā (क्वनेया:), the chariots are pulled through the southern part of town. The second day is the full moon day known as Yenya Punhi (येँयाः पुन्हि). During the procession known as Thaneyā (थनेया:), the chariots are drawn through the northern part till Asan. And on the third day Nānichāyā (नानिचाया:), the procession passes through the central section at Kilāgal. Since 2012, the chariot of Kumari has been pulled by an all women's team on the third day of the chariot festival.

Indra Jātrā, also known as Yenyā (Nepal Bhasa: येँयाः), is the biggest religious street festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. The celebrations consist of two events, Indra Jātrā and Kumāri Jātrā. Indra Jātrā is marked by masked dances of deities and demons, displays of sacred images and tableaus in honor of the deity Indra, the king of heaven. Kumāri Jātrā is the chariot procession of the living goddess Kumari.

"The happiest and holiest children in the world are the childran whose fathers succeed in winning both their tender affection and their reverential and loving fead. And they are the children who will come to understand most easily the mystery of the fatherhood of God. "

Innocence of eye has aquality of its own. It means to see as a child sees, with freshness and acknowledgement of the wonder; it also means to see as an adult sees who has gone full circle and once again sees a child - with freshness and an even deeper sense of wonder.
- Munes White

The word translates to ‘Virgin’ in English. Goddess Kumari is said to be the manifestation of Goddess Taleju with the added power of Kali. The Kumari is the last living Goddess worshipped by both the Hindus and Buddhist communities of Nepal.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.