Bhai Tika celebrated across the country; ‘Anjali Didi’ offers tika to over 200

Kathmandu / November 15: The Nepalis have celebrated Bhai Tika today, marking the last day of the five-day Tihar festival.

Sisters have offered colorful tika to their brothers, wishing them a long life, good health, and prosperity. They also provided delicious food to their brothers.

Similarly, brothers have also offered colorful tika to their sisters and provided gifts.Although the auspicious hour for applying tika was 10:51 am today, people were seen heading towards their destinations throughout the day to offer tika.

Likewise, the Balgopal Temple located in Ranipokhari opened its doors today for those who have no sisters and brothers of their own. People thronged to the temple to receive tika.The temple opens every year on Bhai Tika.

‘Anjali Didi’ offers tika to over 200 at mass Bhaitika programme

More than 200 men received tika from Anjali Maskey, popularly known as ‘Anjali Didi’, in a mass Bhaitika programme she organized at Kashthamandap, Basantapur in Kathmandu on the occasion of the Bhaitika celebration today.

Most of those receiving tika from Anjali Didi do not have sisters. On the occasion, Anjali Didi put the seven-colour tika on the forehead and garlanded them with the garland of the globe amaranth flower.

More than 150 special mandap were prepared at Kashthamandap for the mass Bhaitika ceremony, according to Anjali Didi. Mandap is the special anointed place for seating the brothers during the Bhaitika rituals.

She shared that she offered the Bhaitika so that those who do not have sisters will not have to keep their foreheads without tika on this auspicious day commemorating the love and respect between brothers and sisters.

Anjali Didi has been organising the mass Bhaitika programme on the day of Bhaitika, the last day of the five-day Yamapanchak or Tihar festivities, for the last 25 years. RSS