Public Service Broadcasting, Radio Nepal describes Bungadya as Rato Machhindranath, Karunamaya, and Arya Avalokiteshvara, worshipped by Hindu and Buddhist communities as a deity of compassion and rain. Nepal Tourism Board also records the festival as a devotion more than 1600 years old, centered on prayers for sufficient rain, healthy crops, peace, and wellbeing.
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