Rituals Followed While Celebrating Kukur Tihar In the traditional way, individuals mark Kukur Tihar by washing dogs, applying ...

But age-old Tihar celebrations across Darjeeling hills — live on among the youth ... In the evening, bhailo singers take centrestage. Bhailo — traditional songs or blessings in verse — are sung only ...

Kukur Tihar, the second day of the five-day Tihar festival, is for worshipping dogs as agents of Yamaraj, the god of death. Agriculture expert Dadhi Ram Kharel, who celebrated the festival at home ...