- Title
- Reijakhule stones near the place of worship for Khema
- Description
- The meaning of the groups of stones worshipped here and called reijakhule is discussed controversially among the participants of the festival. Elder Bishnu Bahadur Chamling from Chiringa village explains, that the three-stepped stone on the very left (and slightly covered by another stone in this image) represents Khema (left), the maiti (kinship of the mother's side of Toma and Khema, tall in the middel) and Toma (right). Other participants associate it with Malla devi, the daughter of a Malla king.
- Keywords
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ritual-type:animist>deity:Sacred Stone
researcher:Chatur Bhakta Rai
group:Rai>sub-group:Dumi Rai
researcher:Marion Wettstein
ritual-type:ancestral>event:offering for the ancestors
group:Rai
group:Rai>sub-group:Chamling Rai
researcher:Alban von Stockhausen
mythology:Creation Story>sub-story:Story of Toma Khema and Kakcilipu
ritual-type:hinduist
ritual-type:ancestral
- Location
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- Country: Nepal [geonames.org, tgn]
- Province/state: Khotang [geonames.org]
- Municipality: Halesi Tuwachung
- City: Salle [geonames.org]
- Area: Tuwachung-Jayajum
- Area: Tuwachung-Jayajum>place:Reijakule deity>deity:Reijakule
- Location: Tuwachung-Jayajum
- description author(s)
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- Marion Wettstein
- von Stockhausen, Alban
