IndraJatra Mishap

27 September, 2012
Today is the first day of IndraJatra and according to at the time prescribed by the priests, the "Yosheen" was erected at around 9:30. But according to witnesses, as soon as the ropes, used to erect the yosheen, was left loose, the yosheen fell straight on the ground. With all the blessings of GOD, no one was injured and the yosheen was successfully erected again.
Following this event, we also recieved a news that while bringing the chariot of "Kumari dyo" out from the "dyo chenn", one of the "singha" was destructed, but was soon fixed by the locals and the military people.
I hope these are not signs of a bad omen and are just a co-incidence.

IndraJatra PhotoGraphy Competetion-2012

Competition Detail:
Indrajatra : 27th Sep-3rd Oct
Photo Submission : 29th Sep-31st Oct
Voting Starts from : 16th Oct,-30th Nov

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOGRAPH
Send us an email with your Photograph along with your name, contact number(at least one). Metadata also needs to be submitted for category A contestants and captions for each photograph has been made compulsory.
Email Address: jatranepa@gmail.com

Entry Category
A) Taken from Digital SLR Cameras
  All photographs submitted under this category must be taken by high-tech gadgets (at least a mini DSLR).

 B) Taken from Compact Digital Cameras or Mobile Cameras
 Photographs submitted for this category can be of any type  (mobile/ordinary digi-cam), provided it meets the requirements.

Terms and Conditions:
Entry is open to all the Nepali people; provided they were present in Kathmandu during the festival (Evidence may be required).

Photos must be taken by the entrants themselves and it must be of this year’s Indrajatra.

The photo must reflect the aspects of the festival and its cultural importance. Using a good caption for photos is highly recommended and is compulsory.

Contestant must submit the Meta data along with the photo. (Only for Category A)

Digitally manipulated or cropped Photos will not be accepted.(Minor adjustments, including spotting, dodging and burning,  sharpening, contrast and slight colour adjustment or the digital equivalents, are acceptable. But the entrant should mention this during the submission).

Pictures with watermarks will not be accepted.

Each participant can upload only 1 for each category (contestant can choose to replace their existing entry with a new photo and in that case, the old picture may be transferred to other albums of the page).

The organizer reserves the right to amend competition rules at any time.

The organisers have all the rights regarding the selection of the winner.

By entering the competition, the contestant will grant rights to the organizer to use the photographs for promotional use.

The entrants must send their uploaded photos along with
   Real Full Name,
   Active email address
   Contact number
   Metadata (required only for professional category)

For submission, contestant must email their photograph with all the mentioned details.

All entrants must accept to the terms and conditions of the competition.


Winners:
There will be 3 winners from this competition:
One from the A category selected and judged by the judges.
One from the B category selected and judged by the judges.
One from the most likes/votes from the viewers. (ONLY one from both category)