After Final Randoli, Diya at 1:28 AM. Is this a second show or a different ritual?
Elder with a stick, we can pay a bit more. Diya Kapeema is listed 1:28 AM on Friday 28 Aug after Final Randoli. Is this a second show or a different ritual. Standing three hours on kerb stone is not a flex in this family.
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Local from the lake side: listed 1:28 AM for Diya Kapeema is when they start leaving the Maligawa, not when the tusker fills cafe balcony over Dalada. Drums first, then dancers, then the heavy bit. If you want kerb, four is early-Kumbal sane and late-Randoli mandatory. Diya is a water-cutting ritual at 1:28 AM, not a second Grand Randoli. If you need sleep, skip it and do Dahawal at 2:18 PM. Do not invent a tourist ticket for it. Then tea, then the room.
We did 3rd Kumbal from a different corner and then Final Randoli from cafe balcony over Dalada. Not the same night. Listed 6:43 PM and they were still lining up. We should have bought water before we sat. Kids change the trade.
If the elder already said no to standing, that is the answer. Pay a balcony or skip Diya Kapeema and do Dahawal at 2:18 PM on the 28th in daylight. Pride is not a viewing plan. Call the desk before you guess a late checkout.
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