Kathmandu, Oct 21: The 10th day of the Bada Dasain festival is being celebrated all over the country today with great enthusiasm by receiving ‘tika’ and ‘jamara’, and blessings from elders.
The red ‘tika’ symbolizes good luck and victory while ‘jamara’ symbolizes prosperity and both are taken as the blessing talisman of the Goddess Nawadurga.
On the day of Bijaya Dashami, today, the Goddess of the festival should be disposed of in rivers and ponds as per religious rituals at 8:49 am and the auspicious hour of receiving tika is 10.26 am, according to Prof Purushottam Bhattarai, Chairperson of the Nepal Calendar Determination Development Committee.
Although the auspicious hour for receiving Prasad of Devi has been fixed 10.26 am today as per the requirement of the calendar, the entire day after the immersion of the Goddess is auspicious for that purpose, Prof Bhattarai said.
The worship of Sri Durga Bhawani at Dasainghars over nine days concludes formally on the day of Bijaya Dashami after the Abhishekh or sprinkling of holy water takes place marking the beginning of tika.
People receive tika and jamara till the full moon day. Tika and jamara are considered the auspicious gifts of the goddess Nawa Durga and they signify prosperity.
It is believed that one need not seek an auspicious hour if one undertakes any new assignment, campaign or journey on the auspicious day of Bijaya Dashami.
The Bijaya Dashami festival is celebrated in commemoration of the victory of truth over evil and the victory of divine forces over demonic forces.