Ghode Jatra

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      Ghode Jatra     Ghode Jatra is one of the annual festivals of Nepal which is basically celebrated in Kathmandu - Tudikhel. The word Ghoda refers to horse and Jatra means festival , so ghode Jatra is the festival of horses. Ghode Jatra is celebrated in the month of March - April. On the day of ghode Jatra Nepal Army performs various acts by riding horse, horse racing, horse parade, various performances can be seen in Kathmandu - Tudikhel ground. Public holiday is given in this day where most of the governmental office remains closed. "It is said that Gurumapa  - one of the demons used in live in Kathmandu and the kids started disappearing day by day which was believed to be because of Gurumapa so people tried various ways to scare Gurumapa but nothing could scare him and once people chased him upto Tudikhel ground where many horses ran towards Gurumapa which injured him and he finally got scared and ran away so Jhode Jatra was believed to be star...
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Tara Air Crash: In Manapathi Himal, Mustang district




Kavre, Nepal-  Nepal Tara air that took off from Pokhara was found crash in Manapathi Himal in Mustang district. Plane carrying 22 people, 4 Indian nationals, 2 German citizen,  13 Nepalis along with 3 crew members took off on Sunday morning went contactless and found in wreak condition on Monday morning.

 As  plane as smashed into pieces, dead bodies identification is getting difficult. According to Routine of Nepal Banda "21 dead bodies have been found out of 22 people and search operation is still going on" in 6 pm Monday updates. The plane lost contact with air traffic control 5 minutes before landing when it travelled 20 minutes after the take off. 

As the searching operation is going on there is no sign of life at crash site. "Narayan Silwal from his twitter account indicate that "Search and rescue troops have physically located the plane crash site, searching process nearly took  24-hour to locate the crash site due to bad weather. 

The plane was departed from the city of Pokhara at around 4:10 am on Sunday and it was to land Jomsom- one of the popular tourists destinations. Dead bodies identification updates are yet to come as it was getting difficulty for the confirmation of the passengers. 


 

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