The Gaura Festival is celebrated by the hindu

Hindu

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 peoples residing in the far-western part of Nepal

Nepal

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Origin

There are many tales regarding the origin of the Gaura but mainly this day, the women worship goddess Gauri

Gauri

Gauri is an India musical raga that appears in the Sikh tradition from northern India and is part of the Sikh holy scripture called Sri Guru Granth Sahib Every raga has a strict set of rules which govern the number of notes that can be used; which notes can be used; and their interplay that has to...

, the wife of Lord Shiva

Shiva

Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...

 for their husbands health and long age.

Celebrations

The main theme of this festival is to worship goddess Gauri

Gauri

Gauri is an India musical raga that appears in the Sikh tradition from northern India and is part of the Sikh holy scripture called Sri Guru Granth Sahib Every raga has a strict set of rules which govern the number of notes that can be used; which notes can be used; and their interplay that has to...

 so during this day many temples of the goddess get different rituals, like prays and main is worship with Biruda

Biruda

Biruda is a mixture of five different seeds of crops that used for worshiping and blessing during the Gaura Festival....

. Then after finishing the worshiping at the temple those fasting women return back home and bless their keens with Biruda

Biruda

Biruda is a mixture of five different seeds of crops that used for worshiping and blessing during the Gaura Festival....

, it is supposed to give them long life and health.