In the nrarby town of thimi, the balkumari jatra takes place, during wich the people of thimi honor the goddess Balkumari one of bhairab's consorts all through the day devotees gather outside the balkumari tempal and in the evening hundreds of oil lamps are lit the following day the townsmen parade 32 different in palonquins around the temple where saffron and vermilion powdres are tossed towards them it is a colourful scens, a sea of humanity bathed in sacred colour.the fastival reachs its climax when the palanquin bearing ganesh, brought from the village of nade, makes a dash to return home and gets chased by all the other palanquins.
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