Candesvari^[*] Jatra [35]

On the last day of the fortnight there occurs one of the year's several local twa: jatras . Although they center in one particular neighborhood or twa :, they are listed in the annual calendar and are often of general city-wide interest. This one takes place in the Tibukche(n) twa : and is devoted to Candesvari^[*] , a form of the Goddess, who has no other civic significance in Bhaktapur. The jatra image is carried around the twa : on that day, and there are, characteristically of such twa: jatra s, feasts, nakhatya , in many houses in the festival area in which not only relations but friends from other parts of the city are invited. (In comparison with certain other of the twa: jatra s, it is a minor event.)