Kathmandu, Oct. 31 -- day 'Pitri Moksha Yagya', a fire ritual performed for the peace and salvation of the departed, will be performed in Betrawati, at the confluence of Trishuli and Phalanku rivers in Nuwakot district, next week in memory of those killed in the August 26 Bhotekoshi-Trishuli flood.

At least 1,457 people were killed and over 4,700 remain missing, while thousands were rendered homeless after the flood swept through towns and villages along river corridors in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Gorkha and Chitwan districts.

The ritual organised by the Kathmandu-based Guru Gorakhnath Peeth, will run from Monday to Friday at the site, where the late Hindu spiritual leader and scholar Yogi Naraharinath performed a large-scale fire ritu...