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The Lubhu people have their own unique Jatras and festivals, the most famous being the Maha Laxmi-Maha
Bhairav Jatra observed in the month of Baishakh (April - May). This is the time of the year when the whole of the Newari community of Lubhu gets out of their daily monotonies to celebrate in a truly
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The two chariots inside the temple of Maha Laksmi are loaded with the gold-plated masks of deities that are house in the same. While one of the chariots is used to carry a set of Maha Laksmi, Ganesh and Kumar statuettes, the other carries another set of Maha
Bhairav, Ganesh and Kumari. The chariot
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There are altogether five layers of gold-plated masks of the above mentioned deities enshrined in the template. As soon as the existing one gets even a slight damage, the figurines are covered by yet another layer of the masks made of precious metals and plated by gold. There is also a tall white
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In fact, there is another temple further up the location of the main Maha Laksmi Temple that houses the mother of
Goddess Maha Laksmi. That place is called Devisthan. During the Jatra or procession, the statuette of the same Raths or chariots are taken to her mother’s temple so that the
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The settlement in the 730 acres of land of Lubhu is mostly populated by an ethnic Newari community of mainly
Shresthas, Maharjans, Rajthala and Gubhaju in the main town area and Brahmin and chhetri in the outskirts.
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Bringing the Maha Laksmi closer to your home is believed to bring you auspices of peace and prosperity. And so is the existence of the Maha Laksmi Temple in the sunny vicinity of simple but very social people.
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The temple’s religious architectures date back to the Malla periods, according to stone inscriptions. The head of the Maha Laksmi template is called the
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In ancient time, Lubhu was hit by disease. Ganga
Maharani, the ruler of the city, sold her golden plate and resettles the city. So, the city was called Lubhu which means Golden Plate.
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template of the
Gobhrareshwar Mahadev built in the same style as that of the Krishna Mandir of Patan that makes for an interesting piece of structure to study as well as revere.
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is then hoisted by drunken revelers to make a complete tour of all the houses in the locality followed an elaborate Bhoj (feast), which is an essential part of the merrymaking.
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Lubhu is a major textile-production area producing locally made garments. Lubhu is a major source of garments of many
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