In this connection, a Nyugne fast is organized at Dabajong Buddsit Monastery at Tikadung of Semjong- 6 and 7. [break]
As many as 41 locals as well as Lamas and 11 Jyomos led by Chairman of the Monastery Management Committee Ammar Bahadur Pakhrin and Chief Lama of the Monastery Jaga Bahadur Lama are on the collective Nyugne fast, said Bijay Pakhrin from Tikadung.
All sins including the one committed by sacrificing animals will be cleansed once the fast is undertaken, the Buddhist followers believe.
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