page_title: Jana Baha Dyah Jatra
section_title: The route
hierarchical_section_title: Jana Baha Dyah Jatra / The route
caption_attribution_description: English: Route taken by Seto Macchindranath (Janabaha dyo) jatra in Kathmandu
context_page_description: Jana Bahā Dyaḥ Jātrā is the chariot procession of Jana Baha Dyah, the Bodhisattva of compassion, which is held annually in Kathmandu. It begins on the 8th day and ends on the 10th day of the bright fortnight of Chaulā, the sixth month in the lunar Nepal Era calendar.
  The Buddhist deity is known in Sanskrit as Aryavalokitesvara, and also White Machhendranath or White Karunamaya and Guanyin by Chinese. It is believed that the annual procession was begun to provide the townspeople who were unable to visit his temple a sight of the image.
context_section_description: On the first day, the chariot is pulled from Jamal, Durbar Marg through Bhotahiti to Asan where it makes an overnight halt. The next day, the chariot is pulled through Indra Chok to Kathmandu Durbar Square where it makes its second stop. On the third day, the chariot is pulled through Maru and Chikan Mugal to Lagan at the southern end of the historic section of Kathmandu.
  There the procession ends after the chariot makes three rounds of the temple housing the mother of Janabaha Dyo. The idol is then carried back to the temple at Jana Baha, and the chariot is disassembled and the parts stored for next year.
  The three-day parade is one of the two great chariot festivals in Kathmandu, the other being Kumari Jatra during Yenya. The date of the chariot procession of Jana Baha Dyah is changeable as it is celebrated according to the lunar calendar. 
  Similar chariot processions known as Bunga Dyah Jatra are celebrated in Lalitpur and Dolakha in April-May.
caption: Route taken by Janabaha dyah jatra in Kathmandu
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