Kathmandu- The Newar community is celebrating Yomari Purnima festival today in the joy of bring in of the newly harvested rice to home.

Yomari Purnima, celebrated on the full moon day of Margashirsha Shukla Purnima, is also called Yomari Punhi. This festival, which is celebrated as a major festival of the Newar community, is considered a delicious festival of food. Yomari is made from rice flour made from new rice, chaku (melted gajjery) and sesame seeds.

The women of the house are busy making Yomari from early morning today. After bathing and washing, it is customary to cook Yomari at home by wrapping it in a cloth. According to cultural expert the Newar community celebrates this festival as a new meal. Yomari is made with milk and is made into a ball with chaku(melted gajjery) and sesame seeds.

The Newar community celebrates Yomari Purnima by worshipping in the barn or kothi where rice is kept. It is also a tradition among the Newar community to send gifts of sesame seeds and knives to their homes as auspicious gifts while a girl is pregnant, wishing for the complete health of the child.

Dhanya Purnima being celebrated by worshipping rice

Dhanya Purnima is also being celebrated today by worshipping and donating rice in a ritualistic manner. After the rice is brought in in Mangsir, on Shukla Purnima, there is a tradition of worshipping rice, Ganesh, Kuldevata, Gaidu Devata, Goth Devata, Maharudra, Mahalakshmi and other deities.

Since Navannaprashan has not been done before, it should be done today, informed religious scholar Prof. Dr. Ramchandra Gautam. On this occasion, fairs are held at places such as Dhaneshwor in Kavrepalanchok, Anantalingeshwor in Bhaktapur, Champadevi in ​​Kathmandu, Shikharbesi in Nuwakot, and Dupcheshwor.