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Jana Bāhā Dyah Jātrā (Devanagari: जनबाहा द्यः जात्रा) is the chariot procession of Jana Baha Dyah the Bodhisattva of compassion which is held annually in Kathmandu.The Buddhist deity is known in Sanskrit as Aryavalokitesvara (Sacred Avalokiteśvara) and also White Machhendranath or White Karunamaya. It is believed that the annual procession was begun to provide the townspeople who were unable to visit his temple a sight of the image.
