Happy Lhochar to you all.
You can get information of Lhochar at pokharacity.com.It is a festival celebrated by Tamangs on the occasion of New Year. This year Lhochhar will be celebrated from Jan 20 onwards. It is done by putting ‘Nauni ko tika’, ‘totala flower’ (in Tamang Language its called Koko Mendo), visiting monastries, etc. On Lochhar day, Tamangs go to visit monasteries and monks .They offer Khatag to Rinpoche, monks and other Buddhas in the monastery. With the khatag they pray for good crops, good job, good health, prosperity in life in the coming New Year. On this day several events are organized like dance, rally, etc. We participate on these events. We too, invite relatives and other respectable people for feast and organize various events like dancing, singing, etc.