Mithila Jhulnotsav
HinduMadhesi / Mithila
Dates
| 2083 BS | Date to be announced | Date to be announced |
| 2084 BS | Date to be announced | Date to be announced |
Mithila Jhulnotsav (Maithili: मिथिला झूलनोत्सव) is a fifteen-day festival celebrated in the Mithila region of the Indian subcontinent. The major celebration of the festival is organised at the premises of the Lakshminarayan Matha in the Matihani town of the Mahottari district and Janaki Mandir in Janakpur of the Dhanusha district in the Madhesh Pradesh province of Nepal.
Celebration in Janakpur
The Mithila Jhulnotsav is also celebrated at the famous Janaki Mandir in the city of Janakpur in Nepal. In Janakpur, it was started by Adi sant Sannyasi Shurakishordas in the year of Bikram Samvat 1787.
Observances
Every evening at six o'clock during the festival, the ashtadhatu idol of Lord Lakshminarayan inside the Lakshminarayan Mandir at the monastery is brought on a silver throne to the Jhulaghar (Ram Jhulan Bhawan) in the premises by the sadhu-saint and Mahant chanting Jai Shree Sitaram with music and instruments. After that Lord Lakshminarayan is worshipped there and from eight o'clock in the night, the idol is swung in a religiously decorated swing. During this period various cultural programs are conducted there. During the ritualistic observance, a large number of devotees from more than twenty neighboring villages near the Indo-Nepal border fluck to the Jhulaghar for performing worship, darshan and watching the Jhulan ceremony of the God. They also enjoy the festival's fair organised at the premises.
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