Rice on Twitter: Rice offering at Bhagwan Baha ritual

Singha Sartha Bahu was a merchant in Nepalese folklore and is also considered to be a previous incarnation of the Buddha. Ajima (“grandmother” and “mother” in Nepalese) is a deity that represents all female ancestors of Newar who have been deified under the influence of the Shaktism branch of Hinduism and Vajrayana Buddhism.