KING (OF NEPAL) GYANENDRA MAKES ANIMAL SACRIFICES TO DEITY
While major political parties in Nepal have been intensifying their preparatory works to
proceed the first meeting of the constituent assembly to abolish the 240 year old
monarchy, the Royal couple on Monday worshipped Goddess Dakshinkali.
King Gyanandra and his wife Komal reached Dakshinkali, a Hindu Goddess of power,
30km southwest from Kathmandu, along with his family members today and offered
panchabali by sacrificing animals and birds of five different species – a goat, a lamb, a
rooster, , a buffalo and a duck.
During the function, there was a tight security at the temple for the safety of the royal
family.
This was the first public appearance of the king after the April 10 polls.
Every year, on Baisakh Asthami (eighth day of the lunar fortnight) the royal couple
worships Goddess that the Shah Dynasty considers as the deity of its cast.
This is the customary tradition of the Shah kings that began during the regime of late
King Prithivi Narayan Shah, the ancestor of King Gyanendra.
-DR. NAVRAJ SINGH SANDHU, www.navraj@gmail.com
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