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Nepali town welcomes the New Year with drum beats, dancing, palanquins, Sindoor

Bhaktapur [Nepal], April 14 (ANI): The beat of traditional Dhime (drum) go high as the ceremonial palanquins circumambulate the Balkumari Temple of Thimi with an atmosphere filled with the smell of Sindoor (vermilion powders) as the town welcomes Nepali New Year 2081 following the Lunar calendar.
The annual festival of Sindoor Jatra paints the town with orange Sindoor which is observed on the 2nd of Baisakh or the first m