In April I wrote about Machendranath the god of rain who is pulled around town in a huge, precarious wooden structure for a couple of months... by the end of June Machendranath was back at my end of town and parked up for a bit to allow worship or the people hauling it a break... I'm not sure. I went and took some photos...
Machendranath multiplies... now there is also mini machendranath
Worship coincides with many other things... shopping... trying to drive along the street... having henna painted on ones hands... buying fish... meanwhile Machendranath sits in the middle of it all
Lighting candles to the god
Now it is the end of July and Machendranath's chariot is slowly rotting at the roundabout near my house... bit by bit people are pinching things... mostly its just the wheels remaining and they are HUGE... they would make a good fire... but perhaps that's almost as bad as killing a holy cow... I'm not sure.
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