Pulukisi Jatra is the primary attraction of Yenya: Punhi(Indrajatra).
Pulukisi Jatra isn’t just a Kathmandu’s Festival. It can also be found at Bhaktapur. There is a slight difference in the Pulukisi Jatra there.
The White Elephant in Kathmandu is known as ‘Pulukisi,’ whereas the Blue Elephant is known as ‘Bhaktapur.’ In Kathmandu, there is no such thing as Indrajatra-Pulukisi. The story related with Pulukisi in Bhaktapur differs from that in Kathmandu.
Basundhara, Indra’s mother, requires Parijaat flowers in order to conduct brat. Indra does not go to Bhaktapur to pick flowers in the Bhaktapur myth. Jayant is sent by the son. They are apprehended while picking flowers from a farmer’s field.
‘Yama:Dyo Cha’ is raised at Tole of Bhaktapur in ‘Yenya: Punhi (Indrajatra).’ ‘It’s to knot the flower-stealing jubilee,. ‘This also entails tying Indra up.’ King Indra dispatches an elephant when his son Jayant is kidnapped. This Blue Elephant is Bhaktapur’s Pulukisi.
Bamboo Mandro is used to make Pulukisi. Mandro is means ‘Pulu.’ ‘Kisi’ refers to an Elephant. A trunk is attached to the elephant’s body. In Pulukisi, it is said that touching an Elephant. s trunk will make him sick.
In Kathmandu, Pulukisi is carried by two people; in Bhaktapur, it is carried by four people. A person lives inside its body. That man is in charge of ringing the Elephant.’s trunk. There was a kingdom of demons at the time of Indra‘s son’s capture. When you ring the bell, it implies you’re on the lookout for the monster.
Rakshas (Mupatra) are also taken out in Bhaktapur’s Indrajatra. It is led by two ministers. Pulukisi can be crushed to death if he encounters a monster, according to the rule. As a result, Indrajatra is planned in such a way that Pulukisi and Mupatra do not cross paths.
Goddess Indrayani is adorned and worshipped with traditional Bajagaja, Dafa, hymns are chanted, local women are adorned in Hakupatasi, Sukunda is burned, children and the elderly are brought in the midst of Siddhapokhari known as Siddhapokhari during the procession. During the parade, Siddhapokhari Pond is decorated by igniting a night lamp. A fair is conducted in pond on this day. At midnight, there is a custom of performing Tantric worship to Goddess Indrayani .
