Nepal’s Rato Machindranath Chariot Festival in Pictures

In this April 27, 2017, photo, Hindu priests carry the Rato machindranath deity to its seat inside a 15-meter (48-foot) tall wooden chariot to be taken around Patan city during an annual festival in Lalitpur, Nepal. Legend says that around the 7th century there was massive drought in the Kathmandu valley. It was believed that the arrival of the red deity would end the drought and bring back the rainfall. Hence then King Narendra Dev along with a priest and farmer travelled to what is now the Assam state in India and brought back Karunamaya, the god of compassion. It is popularly now known as Rato Machindranath. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

NEPAL, May 3, 2017 (Baltimore Sun): The legend says that around the 7th century there was a massive drought in the Kathmandu Valley. It was believed that the arrival of the Red Deity would end the drought and bring back the rainfall. Hence then King Narendra Dev along with a priest and farmer travelled to what is now the Assam state in India and brought back Karunamaya, the God of compassion. It is popularly now known as Rato Machindranath.

Source: Hinduism Today