Father's day in Nepal
Kushe Aausi or Pitritarpani Aausi or Gokarne snan Aausi/Buwako Mukh Herne Din
Kushe Aunsi is a Nepalese sanatan Hindu lunar festival of celebrating fatherhood and paternal bonds, equivalent to the Father's Day celebration. The festival falls on the new moon day of the sanatan month of Bhadra . Kushe aausi is father’s festival and known as gokarna Aausi. Aausi is non moon day. All Nepalese with sons and daughters who are physical presence showing respect to their father by offering him delicious foods, sweets, meat, fruits, clothes and other presents. The children who are abroad also talk on the phone. Those whose fathers are dead, remember their fathers through ritual and spiritual contemplation. With increasing modernity, the practice of keeping fathers and mothers in old age homes, neglecting them due to lack of time and resources, and treating them with contempt is on the rise.
The celebration and fun of the festival depends upon the place,
climate and ethnicity. On the streets married daughters are seen with goodies making their way to their maternal home to meet. The date does not coincide with the international father day and is based on the lunar calendar as all the other cultural festival celebrated in Nepal.
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A sanatan ritual of offering food to their deceased father. Some men in Kathmandu go to gokarna dham, uttar gaya temple to do the snan, sraddha /sidadan/pinda daan (donate) is equivalent of visiting gaya 10 times to their deceased father and some do shardha at home or at the near river or at any holy place nearby. Especially for the salvation of ancestors, the importance of this place of pilgrimage has been great since mythological times. In this holy place, which is mentioned many times in Sanatan texts. Taking a dip here is considered very auspicious on the day of Kushe Aaunshi.
Kush is used while talking bath, during karmakandi daan, jaap, hawon, pathpooja, pitrikarya and during dusk. Therefore, kush is regarded very important in sanatan hindu culture. Hindu people use kush grass in all functions, auspicious or in-auspicious, a ritual performing person needs to tie kush round the finger (wear a ring made) of this grass.
?Importance of Kush in our culture This sacred and scientifically proven plant is a widespread genus in the grass family found on almost all continents, inhabited hills, and islands. Kush is a sacred plant with a very important cultural and religious role in the Vaidic Sanatan Hindu rites, the scientific significance of which has also been proven. ?Kush, scientifically called Eragrostis cynosuroides, is a sharp-edged grass of religious faith. A variety of medicines are also made from the roots of the plant Kush, which is easily available from the Terai to the hills of Nepal. In ancient times, Kush's sharp grass was cut with empty hands during the examinations of the students studying in the Gurukul. Kush is compulsory in every ritual of Satanaga philosophy. Today, Kush is brought home on a night or Aaunshi. The glory of Kush is also described in the Bhagavad Gita, Garud Purana, Atharva Veds, and Vishnu Puran. The diaries and rituals of Hinduism are very scientific, the Gita and the Veds are the mothers of invention. ?Even the people who used to ridicule Sanatan Sanskar under the guise of modernity have now started concentrating on Sanatan Sanskar and its practical aspects. During a scientific experiment, a handful of Kush was placed between the radiations and it was found that Kush reflected all the radiations away from its surroundings. Thus the perpetual use of Kush in the Sanatan culture presents the records of ancient science and the effective practical lifestyle. From generation to generation, Hinduism encourages everyone to use the rings and other cultural uses made from this scientifically proven marvelous Kush. The use of Kush as a ring on the finger of the right hand demonstrates the belief and scientifically proven principles that annihilate the turbulent waves and radiation in the atmosphere.