Preferred Citation: Levy, Robert I. Mesocosm: Hinduism and the Organization of a Traditional Newar City in Nepal. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1990 1990. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft6k4007rd/


 
Chapter Thirteen The Events of the Lunar Year

Guru Puja [44]

The last day in this fortnight, the full-moon day, is the day of Guru Puja, when people are supposed to worship their gurus . Although the day is included in local calendrical lists, it is observed—otherwise than as an ordinary full-moon day—by only a relatively few families in Bhaktapur. It is considered to be generally a Partya, a non-Newar Nepalese Hindu tradition. (Minor.)


Chapter Thirteen The Events of the Lunar Year
 

Preferred Citation: Levy, Robert I. Mesocosm: Hinduism and the Organization of a Traditional Newar City in Nepal. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1990 1990. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft6k4007rd/