Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is also known as Mata Tirtha Ausi. It is observed on Baishak Ausi every year. This day is celebrated by giving gifts and presents to mothers. And mothers give blessing to the children.
If the children have left home or married, they will come home with presents and delicacies to spend time with their mother. The entire day is filled with festivities around the country.
And those who have lost their mother, visit the nearby river or any holy places and do the rituals. Generally people around Kathmandu visit Mata Tirtha (a holy place around 9 Kilometers North West of Kathmandu) to perform “Sraddha” or “Pinda Daan” to their deceased mother. People in different part of the country do the ritual at home or at a river or any other holy place nearby.
If the children have left home or married, they will come home with presents and delicacies to spend time with their mother. The entire day is filled with festivities around the country.
And those who have lost their mother, visit the nearby river or any holy places and do the rituals. Generally people around Kathmandu visit Mata Tirtha (a holy place around 9 Kilometers North West of Kathmandu) to perform “Sraddha” or “Pinda Daan” to their deceased mother. People in different part of the country do the ritual at home or at a river or any other holy place nearby.
Mythology
According to a story a Shepherds boy used to take his cows to graze in the nearby pond. Whenever he ate the food some of the food fell in the pond. This kept happening for a long time. One day the boy peeped into the pond to find what was going on in the pond. Surprisingly, he saw his dead mother in the pond.
The boy wanted her mother to go home with him. He insisted and started crying asking her to come home with him. But she said she was already dead and it is not possible to go back home once someone died. However, she said she would appear in the pond every year on Baishak Aushi. He agreed and went back. He started visiting the pond and saw his mother on same day every year. Many people started to visit the pond to see their mother on the same day.
It is also said a lady visiting the pond wished to see her dead mother image but she could not see after long wait, with frustration she jumped into the pond and died. Since the lady committed suicide in the pond, the dead people stopped being seen in the pond.
The boy wanted her mother to go home with him. He insisted and started crying asking her to come home with him. But she said she was already dead and it is not possible to go back home once someone died. However, she said she would appear in the pond every year on Baishak Aushi. He agreed and went back. He started visiting the pond and saw his mother on same day every year. Many people started to visit the pond to see their mother on the same day.
It is also said a lady visiting the pond wished to see her dead mother image but she could not see after long wait, with frustration she jumped into the pond and died. Since the lady committed suicide in the pond, the dead people stopped being seen in the pond.
