page_title: Kumbheshwor temple complex
section_title: Major Festivals
hierarchical_section_title: Kumbheshwor temple complex / Major Festivals
caption_attribution_description: Flooded Hiti at Kumbeshwar Temple, Patan.
context_page_description: The Kumbheshwor temple complex is one of the oldest and busiest religious place of the old Patan town lying on its northern part. The major deities whose temple or shrine lies within the complex includes Kumbheshwor Mahadev, Bangalamukhi, Unmanta Bhairab, Gaurikunda, Harati, Manakamana, Kedarnath, Badrinath. The complex houses a natural spring which fills the adjoining ponds, the source of which is said to be Gosaikund Lake in Rasuwa District. It is therefore believed that taking a dip in the pond during the festival of Janai Purnima is equivalent to doing the same in Gosainkunda.
context_section_description: Kumbeshwor Mela or Janai Purnima Mela (usually August full moon)  is one of the major festival where around 2 Lakhs  devotees  come to worship the embossed silver sheath worn by the temples sacred linga (phallic symbol), which is placed in a special pavilion in the middle of the tank in the hub temple. Also the Kumbeshwor Pokhari (pond) is filled with water for the Mela.
  Similarly, various other rituals like “Lakh batti”,”Bhoj”,”Bhajan” “Baratabanda”, “Marriage Ceremony”, “Gufa rakhni ceremony” etc. are periodically organized by local people at the temple complex. The temple complex also have an open space garden to cater rituals for private purpose which became one of the major financial source of temple.
caption: Kumbeshwor Pokhari
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