Gaura Festival

This festival is observed especially in the middle- west and far west parts of Nepal. Similarly, it is also celebrated in northern India, particularly in Kumaun and Garhwal (of Utter Pradesh).
This festival falls in the month of Bhadra. It begins from the birthday of lord Krishna. That is, Krishna Janmastami, and lasts for three days.
In Nepal, this festival is observed by worshipping Shiva and Parvati along with Ganesh.
Women keep fasting on the day of Krishna Janmastami (birthday of lord Krishna). Later they form a grass-made idol of Shiva and Parvati. They not only worship the idol but also offer a mixture of five kinds of grains, known as Panchbirudi, to it. This festival is also called Biruda Parva, Perhaps by reason of Panchabirudi. On this occasion women put on new clothes and enjoy singing their traditional songs.
According to legendary, the festival is said to have been celebrated for the last four centuries, in memory of Satidevi's bodily sacrifice to the burning altar and her re-birth from Himalaya Pravat.