Ama Ghar Stories: celebrations
October 30, 2025Tihar is our busiest holiday. We clean the house and prepare a lamp-lit path and beautiful mandalas to entice Goddess…
November 8, 2024Tihar is our busiest holiday. We clean the house and prepare a lamp-lit path and beautiful mandalas to entice Goddess…
October 29, 2024October marks Dashain in Nepal and the Ama Ghar home was full of celebration. The kids had a 2 week…- April 18, 2024Join us as we bring a little bit of Nepal to the Bay Area and celebrate the mission of Ama…
December 20, 2023We are so excited to celebrate the recent weddings of original Ama Ghar children, Ashok and Sajan. Ashok and Sajan…- November 16, 2021No matter how far-flung our Ama Ghar family might be, the children always find ways to come home to Ama…
- November 16, 2020Now that Dashain is over, it's time for Tihar, the Newari version of Diwali, the Festival of Lights. At Ama…
- October 7, 2019Dashain, the 15-day festival that is the most important in Nepal, symbolizes the victory of good over evil. Once upon…
- July 27, 2015Although the aftershocks continue, we have so much to celebrate at Ama Ghar. We are lucky to have so many…
- March 21, 2013Holi is a favorite holiday at Ama Ghar - and in fact, all over Nepal! The celebration, which will start…
- January 22, 2013During the month of December, the Ama Ghar kids waited anxiously for the package of cookie decorations being sent by…




