Crowds at the Indrajatra (Yenya) festival, Durbar Square, Kathmandu

            Yenya also called Indrajatra is a festival celebrated in Kathmandu, Nepal. The main attraction of the festival is the procession of chariots and masked dancers representing deities and demons. The festival was started by Gunakamadeva to commemorate the founding of city of Kathmandu.
The mythology of yenya is related to Hindu god king of heaven, Indra. The festival begins with the carnival-like erection of Yosin, a ceremonial pole, accompanied by the rare display of the deity Aakash Bhairab, represented by a massive mask spouting beer and liquor. Finally, the Kumari, or virgin goddess (living goddess), leaves the seclusion of her temple in a palanquin and leads a procession through the streets of Kathmandu to thank Indra the rain god.

wikipedia.org
   

Taken in: Nepal / Madhyamanchal / Kathmandu / Thapathali (show map)

Taken on: September 12, 2011

Tags:

Asia

Basantapur Durbar Square

Hanuman Dhoka

Hindu

Hinduism

Indrajatra

Kathmandu

Kathmandu Durbar Square

Nepal

Shiva-Parbati Temple

Yenya

event

land

religion

Central Region « less

Sets appears in: • Kathmandu - September 2011 • Slideshow

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/6.3, 1/100 sec, 81mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens:	EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	81mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	+1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.4 (Macintosh)
Show full info

Stats: 498 views

go back

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder