Gokarna Aunsi
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Gokarna Aunsi literally translated as cow eared (Gokarna) and no moon night (Aunsi) and is a late August or early September celebration in Nepal where the Hindu population worships cow eared incarnation of lord Shiva
and their fathers. It is also known as Bubako mukh herne din (Nepali for "looking at father’s face"), because, apart from giving gifts, sons perform a certain ceremony: sons touch father's feet with their forehead and look at father's eyes, while daughters only have to touch his hand before looking. Many people go to the Shiva
temple of Gokarneswor Mahadev, in Gokarna
, a suburb of Kathmandu, and they bathe and make offerings in the new moon day (Amavasya
). People whose father has died also perform Shraddha (yearly death rituals).
For 2011, the Nepali Father's Day falls on August 29. The Nepali celebration is completely unrelated to the Western celebration of Father's Day
.
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...
and their fathers. It is also known as Bubako mukh herne din (Nepali for "looking at father’s face"), because, apart from giving gifts, sons perform a certain ceremony: sons touch father's feet with their forehead and look at father's eyes, while daughters only have to touch his hand before looking. Many people go to the 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...
temple of Gokarneswor Mahadev, in Gokarna
Gokarna, Nepal
Gokarna is a village development committee in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3414 and had 497 households in it....
, a suburb of Kathmandu, and they bathe and make offerings in the new moon day (Amavasya
Amavasya
Amavasya is the Indian name for a New moon. The word Amavasya is common to many Indian languages especially Sanskrit, Hindi, Assamese, Kannada, Bengali, Konkani, Marathi, Oriya, Telugu, and Gujarati...
). People whose father has died also perform Shraddha (yearly death rituals).
For 2011, the Nepali Father's Day falls on August 29. The Nepali celebration is completely unrelated to the Western celebration of Father's Day
Father's Day
Father's Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June but it is also celebrated widely on other days...
.