Nepal: Janakpurdham gets filled with festive splendor on Bibah Panchami celebrations

Nov 26, 2025

Dhanusha (Nepal), Nov 26 (ANI): Janakpurdham came alive as thousands of devotees gathered for the main day of the week-long Bibah Panchami festival, which reenacts the divine wedding of Lord Ram and Goddess Sita. The ancient city hosted the symbolic swayambar at Barha Bigha Rangabhoomi, believed to be the site of their wedding in the Treta Yuga. Ram and Janaki exchanged garlands as per Vedic rituals, marking the central moment of the festival. Flowers were also showered from a helicopter as crowds cheered. A saint travelling with the Barat from Ayodhya said the celebrations reflect the deep cultural ties shared between the birthplaces of Ram and Sita. A massive crowd of devotees lined the route from Janaki Temple to Barha Bigha to witness the procession and the "swayambar". During the ceremony, flowers were also showered from a helicopter. After the "swayambar", both "dolas" are carried around the city for a circumambulation. The Bibah Panchami, a Hindu festival, commemorates the union of Ram and Sita, of Ramayan. The wedding is said to have taken place on the fifth day of the waxing moon in the month of Mangsir (Marga Shukla Paksha) during the Treta Yug in the holy Mithila region.