Every year in Tistung, three kingdoms are Puja ed from Dhami. This is called government Puja. All these three Puja are performed in barahi Peetha. These three important Puja are 1) waapooja, Chhwopooja and Vanavara pooja. All these three Puja are performed in barahi Peetha. Dhami carries the Puja symbol of Bhairava placed on the cover and reaches the barahi Peeth from the Deoghar. The said Puja is done by Acharya (Karmacharya) according to Tantric method. At this time Dhami prophesied about Tistung in barahi Peeth.
Waa Puja
This Puja happens on the first Saturday after Dasain is over. Only after this puja, the residents of Tistung area can harvest paddy in their fields. Waa means paddy. Before harvesting the paddy grown in the field Dhami should do puja of Bharahi.
Chhwo Puja
It is Puja on the first Saturday of the month of May (it may also fall in April/May). Bajrabarahi should be Puja from Dhami to harvest the wheat grown in the field. If it falls in the time of festival, Chhwo Puja is also performed along with the festival.
Vanavara Puja
This puja takes place around the month of March/April. At this time, none of the Tistung residents work in their fields and do not even go to the forest. This puja is performed so that the villagers will not be blamed from barahi for taking trees, branches and leaves from the forest to protect this forest.
Three years Jatra
The Jatra of ancient Tistung (currently Bajrabarahi) is held every three years. Bajravarahi Jatra is held on the first Saturday after Chandipurnima i.e. Baisakh Purnima (Full Moon).
Bajwarahi is the village goddess who protects Tistung. It is believed that if she gets angry or wrath, natural disasters will occur in Tistung, the village will be set on fire, and there will be an epidemic. In Makawanpur, there was a lot of loss of life from the flood in 1993 A.D., but Tistung remained safe. In the month of January/February 1979 A.D., there was a big fire in Papung of Bajrabarahi V.D.C. (Tistung). The fire brigade was called from Kathmandu when the fire could not be extinguished even from the villagers of village. The fire brigade reached Palung despite seeing the village on fire from Nau Khande Bhanjyang. There are those who believe that this is the wrath of Bajrabarahi Ajima.
This jatra is the festival of five god and goddesses. It consists of 1) Ganesh, 2) Kumari, 3) Barahi, 4) Indrayani and 5) Bhairava. In addition, the Betal is also with them. In this sense, even though there are 6 people, Betal is not considered a god. These 5 prosperous God/Goddesses are called “Pitwa”. Pitwa means Bhairava and Barahi Ajima belong to Maharjan community, Kumari belongs to Gopali community, Indrayani and Ganesh belong to Shrestha community. Dhimebaja (Maharjan community), Muhalibaja (Jogi/Kapali community) and Naikhin baja (Khadgi community) are played in the Jatra.
During the jatra, those who become these five deities reach the Barahi Peetha. The same numbers of podes are sitting there. The puja taken by Dhami is performed by the Karmacharya according to Tantric method and a offering is also given. Pode worships the deity in one pot (patakhola) and touches it to his mouth. Later, it is fed to the five deities. It is said to have moved the gods. After the puja, Dhami (Bhairav symbol man) and Pode (barahi Ajima symbol man) along with Bajrabarahi idols are kept in a single cot and returned to the village from the peetha.
Earlier there was no cot custom. Maiya Malla Thakuri, the niece of the family who was in the position of gatekeeper during the Rana rules period, she offered a cot. Since then, this custom of cot has been going on.
12 Years Dance
In the ancient Tishtung (Bajravarahi) the goddess dance of Bajrabarahi is performed every 12 years. As in the three-year jatra, there are five original gods and goddesses. It also has Mahadev, Narayan, Brahma, Ganga, Parbati, Betal, Khyak, Kavan. The legend of “Sattalsingh Maharaj” has been also added to make the Bajrabarahi goddess dance more attractive and long for twelve years. The interesting and mysterious aspect of this story is the reference to the Bajrabarahi reviving the dead animal if there is any physical residue left. Hindi and Maithali languages are also mixed in the dance. In this festival and dance of Tistung’s identity, the old gatekeeper dynasty (Joshi) is also active. Basically in this dance, the main responsibility and role are of the Newars, the ancient residents of Ward number 1 and 2. Apart from this, other Tamang, Magar, Gurung, Thakuri, Bahun, Chhetri, Kami, Damai, Sarki of Bajrabarahi V.D.C. also have equal support in this dance.