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Title: The Indra Jatra of Kathmandu as a Royal Festival: Past and Present
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: Gérard Toffin
One Sentence Summary: The article describes the Nepali festival of Indra jatra.

Description: Kumari jatra, Indra jatra, and Bhairava jatra, each one concerned with a specific god. The article discusses the past and present of this jatra. It concludes that Indra jatra is a royal festival in the full sense of term. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-02-18)

Publisher Place: Kirtipur, Nepal
Publisher: Center for Nepal and Asian Studies
Normalized publisher place: Kathmandu
Publisher country: Nepal
Publisher URL: http://www.cnastu.org.np/
Published Date: 1992-01
URL: http://www.thlib.org/static/reprints/contributions/CNAS_19_01_05.pdf
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Journals -- Journals Focused on Regions -- Nepal -- Contributions to Nepalese Studies -- (1992) Vol. 19, no. 1
Cultural Coverage: Nepal
Language: English
Source: Contributions to Nepalese Studies
Source Editor: D. P. Bhandari
Source Type: Journal
Source Volume: 19
Source Number: 1
Source Page Numbers: 73-92
ISBN/ISSN: 3767574

Means of availability: Available online as a PDF within the Tibetan & Himalayan Library's bibliographic database.

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Media type: text
Resource Type: Article
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Date Last Modified: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
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