The Biska (Bisket) Jatra began in Bhaktapur on Monday.

The festival, which bears historical and cultural significance, is observed for eight nights and nine days.

On Monday, devotees pulled the chariot of the deity Bhairavnath in front of the five-storey Nyatapola Temple at Taumadi Square.

During the festival, the residents of Thane (upper) and Kwane (lower) quarters of the Bhaktapur Durbar Square tug the three–storey pagoda style chariot where the statues of Bhairavnath and Betaal have been installed following a worship ceremony before the beginning of the festival, to take it to their part of the neighbourhood.

The side able to pull the chariot to their quarter of the town will be viewed as the victors.

Here are some photos of the festival captured by the Post's photographer Sanjog Manandhar.