Samyak Mahadan festival in Lalitpur, Nepal by Prabin Ranabhat / SOPA Images
This festival is the display of various large idols of Dipankara Buddha in the courtyard. Devotees from all walks of life give away different types of gifts including money and food to the deities, their keepers, monks and the Buddhist communities. The first Samyak Mahadan is said to thave taken place in Nepal Sambat 135 (1015 AD).
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