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Balachaturdashi is celebrated every year on the day of Margashirsha Krishna Chaturdashi in the morning.
On the day of Margashirsha Krishna Triyodashi, it is customary to stay awake all night by lighting lamps in the Shivalayas in the evening and sowing a mixture of seven seeds in the memory of deceased.
There is a religious belief that doing so will bring peace to the departed soul.
A mixture of seven seeds are sown by mixing seven different grains to commemorate deceased.
After scattering paddy, barley, sesame, wheat, gram, maize and kaguno in the form of mixture of seven seeds, the deaf people in the orchard are requested to convey the message to the deceased soul by shaking the stone of Ganesha.
Millions of devotees come to Shiva temples across the country to light lamps in the name of the deceased souls on the night before Balachaturdashi.
According to the Pashupati Area Development Fund, no fair has been held in Pashupati Nath this year.
The fund had requested not to light lamps this year as fear of spreading corona as millions of devotees come to Pashupati on Bala Chaturdashi.
But despite the fund's ban, the Pashupatinath temple was crowded with people scattering a mixture of seven seeds on Sunday morning.
Hundreds of seeds were sown from outside the temple premises after the government banned entry to the Pashupati temple this year due to the risk of corona infection.
Sowing of mixture of seven seeds was prohibited in the main area of the temple, Kailashdanda but was allowed to be sown only in Mrigasthali, Guheshwari and Gaurighat areas. On this occasion, devotees who reach Pashupati area worship Vasuki and Guhyeshwari.
