Rato Machhendranath Jatra festival starts on last of April which celebrate in patan district of Nepal. Rato Machhendranath Rath Jatra begins from Pulchowk Lalitpur where it built.

People believed that it is supposedly belonging to the serpent king. Rath is publicly displayed at Jawalakhel.

On a specially selected day, when Nepal was in monarchy system Rath was displayed in front of the king but now a days it is displayed in front of the president.

The purpose of the festival is to ensure a satisfactory monsoon for the rice crop in the paddy fields.

The longest festivals celebrated in Patan Lalitpur, It is celebrated in lately April-May. The main reason to celebrate a chariot festival in Nepal is to show respect to the rain god, Machhendranath.

The Rath Jatra festival is the festival of pulling the chariot of Machhendranath. It concludes in Jawalakhel after the formal showing Bhoto (Vest) in a special day called ‘Bhoto Jatra’. This vest is believed that it belongs to Nagaraj – the Serpent king. After the Bhoto Jatra, Machhendranath is taken back to his temple in Bungmati village.