Second Janku by Alva

 

 Second Janku

by Alva Maharjan

There are altogether 4 types of Janku but in today’s topic we are going to talk about Second Janku.It is the Janku which is usually performed at the age of 83 and is called “Chandraratharohan” .

Everything discribed here is a  perspective of Alva Maharjan (11years old) which is extracted from the video mentioned above.

Firstly the floors are cleaned properly and is Drawn on a Pattern like a Spider Web except but not exactly with a White chalk extracted from a stone and is Decorated with Rice 

and is kept a Sun shaped stone in the Middle and in 4 of the line is kept lots of Cylinder shaped wood and in other lines we can see many Biodegradable eco-friendly bowl which is created from Leaves of “Sal” which is filled up with Rice and is kept coins and Supari on the Rice and some with a Newari Sweet called “Malpuwa”  and other sweets too with some Small pieces of White-colored towel and Garlands of Marigold Flowers , there are also some bowls that are filled with Baji(Beaten Rice).

The remaining 2 lines with Cups of Fresh Yogurt.Then the floor is Decorated with even more Shape which is later Decorated with even more things.The floor is filled with some Newari Ornaments.Then they prepare big Sphere shaped bowls with 125,000 of Ita which is later Decorated with some Colorful Flowersas well as Sindur. 

After each Mantra the small bell is ranged and flower and spreaded, they keep coins inside the bowl for a Person to be Found after Moving the Ita bit by bit with a Bamboo Stick which is kept on fire in an Open-Area at Night time.

 After the long Puja is Done some people comes inside and join the Person of whoose Janku it is. Later on,the person is given some Milk and food to eat and Drink.The second Janku voj is speacially prepared and meats are prohibieted during the second Janku.

The Family members then bow down and show respect by touching their feets and giving them Gifts 

as the person’s head is wrapped a White-Colored Towel and a Peacock’s Feather in the middle and spread some Yogurt on the Temples and Tika in the middle with Garlands wore on the Neck.

After everyone comes back from eating the hall the Ita is finally burned and all the Guests leaves.Some process might change.In this special event the person whoose Janku it was is “Babukaji Maharjan”.