bala chaturdashi

A Nepalese hindu devotee offering oil lamps at Barmati River during Bala Chaturdashi festival.

Hindu Devotees makes offerings to their ancestors in the Sleshmantak forest area of Pashupatinath temple and bank of Bagmati river during the auspicious occasion of Bala Chaturdashi (Chaturthi). Bala Chaturthi or Satbij Charni Ausi falls on Marga Krishna Chaturdasi in the Nepali calendar, which is during late November or early December in the English calendar.