Mata Tirtha Aunsi ( Mother 's Day )

Mata Tirtha Aunsi or Mother's Day is one of the special occasions in Nepal. This festival is lies in Baishak or April in Gregorian in dark fortnight day. Mata is known as Mother and Aunsi is known as fortnight day. It is an opportunity to thank their mother for their absolute pure love, support and care. In Nepalese context Mother's Day is celebrated day that brings families gather for lunch, exchange their love, whilst mother accept tokens of their children's appreciation and fully support. This festival is view in the commemoration and respect of the mother. In this day, each household bustles with activities and everyone, regardless of age participate. There are not much religious ceremonies but the fact is that it is a day for mother, calls for celebration for she is the one who keeps the family gather through ups and down in life time. In this ceremony small children are also dig into their saving to buy gifts for their mother. Whenever in the context of sons and daughter are living separately. They are also come with presents, delicious to spend time with mother, exchange the love and blessed to her sons and daughter for long life good health and good for lifetime. In this day married daughters are also come to their mother's house and celebrate and celebrate Mother's Day offers gifts,Fruits,sweet etc.In Newari communities married daughter offers eggs,Ftuits,raksi ( alcohol ),wo ( made from black lentil ),curd & gifts etc.In Newari community son as well as daughter bow their head to mother's feet and worship her providing with delicious food, new clothes and to get good blessing from her. In Newari community egg,raksi,wo,fish and curd is very important for Mother's Day. These items are known as Sagan in Newari community. According to Hindu mythology parents are our Gods and if we pacify them we get very successful life, so that we worship mother in a very rising to get height way on this day. Mother is every time related with every child lifetime so we can said that ' Janani Janamabhumishya Swargadapi Gariyashi' means that mother and the motherland place is celestial than the heaven too. Mother helps to their child at the grief time as well as joy time.
In this day people who don't have mother go to Mata Tirtha Pilgrimage. The place is located south west of central Kathmandu,there is two pools thousands of devotees flock there in the high reverence of their deceased mothers. After the holy bath and worship , they donate some items with money to the Brahmans priest staying citing religious booklets are found in this place. They are also given items and money to the poor and needy persons. An ancient scripture believes that if someone donates on this day , it reaches automatically to the heaven resided mother's place and they will automatically be blessed for happy lifetime from her , so that people seem thronging hugely in this pilgrimage on this day. In this place at ancient time the region was ruled by a cowherd King. One of his cowherd was so depressed by his mother's death that he went to pray and make offering at water storage pond in the forest on this day. Miraculously his mother's face appeared and her hand accepted the offering so that it is known as Mata Tirtha, where many hope to see their mother's face.