Itum Bahal
Situated in Kathmandu, Itum Bahal has a white painted stupa in the center of the courtyard. On the western side of the courtyard is the Kichandra Bahal , or Keshchandra Paravarta Mahar Bihar, one of the oldest bahals in the city. Inside the Kichandra Bahal is a central pagoda like sanctuary, and to the south is a small chaitya decorated with graceful standing Bodhisattvas. On the northern side of the courtyard are four brass plaques mounted on the upper-storey wall. Every year during the festival of Holi the inhabitants of Itum Bahal sacrifice a buffalo to Guru Mapa on the banks of the Vishnumati River, cook it in the afternoon in the courtyard and in the middle of the night carry it in huge cauldrons to a tree in the Tundikhel parade ground where the demon is said to live. [ Lonely Planet , http://www.lonelyplanet.com/nepal/kathma… ]
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