Thimi, Bhaktapur
October 29, 2008
Newar community has celebrated 1129 new year ( Nhu Daya Vintuna1129; means Happy New Year 1129). Recently government of Nepal has declared this sambat as a national sambat.
Priminister Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachand garlanded to the statue of Shankkhdhar Shankhwa, the founder of this Newa Sambat in a program organized by Newa Dabu in Thimi. He said that this sambat remarks the nationality as well as the step to omit the stratified class struggle in Nepali society. He further said Sankhadhar Shankhwa had freed poors by paying their laon is a significant example of social justice.
Newar community celebrate the Mha Puja in the evening of this day. Mha Puja is the festival of worshipping oneself. This means the god inside oneself is worshipped.
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