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'''Katto''' is a ceremonial ritual initiated by the ruling [[Shah dynasty]] of [[Nepal]], and observed following the deaths of its [[king of Nepal|kings]]. In 2001, when [[Nepalese royal massacre|a massacre in the royal palace]] saw two kings die in less than a week, the "katto khane" ritual was reported very explicitly.<br />
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The ceremony is performed on the eleventh day of the King's death. In this ceremony a vegetarian [[Brahmin]] is made to eat an elaborate non-vegetarian meal, given various items belonging to the deceased King as gifts and made to wear clothing belonging to the deceased King in the belief that by doing so, the partaker will absorb all the bad [[karma]] of the dead king. The stigmatized Brahmin is then put on the back of an elephant and ordered to leave the kingdom. Many Nepalese believe that the Katto meal consists of parts from the body of the deceased King. However, Ramesh Prasad Pande, the Royal Brahmin of the Shah dynasty of Nepal who oversaw the rituals after the Royal massacre in 2001 revealed that no such thing occurs, and such hearsay are just myths. Durga Prasad Sapkota and Devi Prasad Acharya who performed the katto ritual of King [[Birendra of Nepal|Birendra]] and King [[Dipendra of Nepal|Dipendra]] revealed the same and said that the ritual is symbolic. Katto rituals used to be performed by Indian Brahmins in the past. The katto ritual of King [[Tribhuvan of Nepal|Tribhuwan]] was performed by Bhatta Brahmin from India. The katto ritual of King [[Mahendra of Nepal|Mahendra]] was performed by Shri Ganesh Bhatta.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/nepal-seeks-to-end-social-malpractices_100551851.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-03-11 |archive-date=2018-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414092018/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/nepal-seeks-to-end-social-malpractices_100551851.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Mocko2015">{{cite book|author=Anne T. Mocko|title=Demoting Vishnu: Ritual, Politics, and the Unraveling of Nepal's Hindu Monarchy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=77nQCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA70|date=2 November 2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-027523-5|page=70}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=80952&page=1|title=Nepal Banishes Soul of Dead King|date=2006-01-06|website=ABC News|language=en|access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref><br />
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