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Bisket Jatra falls on the first month of Nepalese calendar. It is celebrated specifically in Bhaktapur.
The myth behind the festival is that there was a princess whose husbands kept dying on the wedding bed. This was problematic for the royal family. Then came along a prince, blessed by the Goddess, who found a pair of serpents crawl out of the sleeping princess. He killed them and the princess finally remained married.
During this festival, chariots of Lord Bhairav and Goddess Bhadrakali are pulled through different parts of the city. At Lyasinkhel, a tall pole with two embroidered clothes, representing the serpents, is erected. As it is celebrated to mark the death of the serpents, it is also called Bisyau Jatra, meaning slaying of the serpents.
Because it begins from the end of Chaitra to the beginning of Baisakh, it is also known as the festival of the New Year.

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