Indra is Lord of Rain and the king of Heaven. Jatra is procession. Indra Jatra is celebration of God Indra’s Day. Indra Jatra is festival of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Some believes Indra Jatra is thanking day to lord Indra for the rain. According to others, the festival is celebrated in the honor of Bahirab, who is Shiva's manifestation and is believed to destroy evil.
A young Nepalese girl revered as the living goddess “Kumari” is carried to the golden chariot on the main day of the Hindu Indra Jatra festival at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu. The week-long festival celebrates Indra, the king of gods and the god of rains, when the Kumari living goddess is carried in a palanquin during a religious procession through parts of the Nepalese capital. (Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images)
