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by Saemah Shamim

by Saemah Shamim

The implementation of e-governance in Nepal could lead to significant improvements in public service delivery and address development challenges.

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Boating down the Babai in Bardia

by Lisa Choegyal

by Lisa Choegyal

The Babai Valley in the heart of Bardia National Park takes one through the undisturbed domain of the wealth of wildlife found …

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Ecology Environment
Conservationists condemn Nepal proposal to allow hydropower in protected areas

by Abhaya Raj Joshi

by Abhaya Raj Joshi

Conservationists and legal experts have criticized the proposal as going against the Constitution and the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act as …

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Culture Hinduism Tradition
Sama Chakheva

by Nikki Thapa

by Nikki Thapa

Sama Chakeva, a revered festival deeply embedded in the folk traditions of Mithila, unfolds its enchanting rituals in Kartik (Nov/Dec) on the …

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Culture History Sikhism
Guru Nanak Jayanti

by Nikki Thapa

by Nikki Thapa

Guru Nanak Jayanti is the most important festival for the Sikhs in Nepal like everywhere in the world. The festival also called …

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Christianity Culture EX-Pats of Nepal
Father Moran and Nepal’s Jesuits

by Lisa Choegyal

by Lisa Choegyal

Fr Marshall D Moran 1906-1992 in Godavari with his ham radio. Photo: Brooke Allen We stood uneasily on the grass beneath the …

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Musketeers of Tiji Festival in Lo Manthang, Upper Mustang.

On a very clear day one can see Annapurna and Mansiri sub-Himalayan Range from Sauraha, Chitwan. Mt. Manaslu (8163m), the “Mountain of Spirit”, located on western Central part of Nepal is a highest peak of Gorkha district. Manaslu is derived from the Sanskrit word “manasa” meaning "intellect" or "soul”. The mountain was first climbed by Artur Henryk Hajzer, a Polish Mountaineer in 1986.

The Lumbini museum exhibits about the life of Gautama Buddha spread throughout several rooms, including artifacts, statues, photos, and other significant Buddha iconography. Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Kenzo Tange when planning the entire site of Lumbini placed the museum at the entrance because he wanted the pilgrim’s personal journey in Lumbini to be an expression of the Buddha’s own journey for Lumbini is Nepal’s most iconic archaeological, cultural, and spiritual site.

Rhododendrons Forest called Fulbari in Rima is a less traversed forest of Nepal but like any other forest, it is home to 30 varieties of the Rhododendron. The spellbinding walking trail had shrubs that dramatically crawled along the hills and other times just stood tall, as tall as 30m. The bare naked hanging branches looked like networking webs. But the flowering trees looked like the living art of bonsai, with their leaves spirally arranged and the flowers blooming in clusters. Rhododendron is Gurans in the Nepali language, and dark red colored Rhododendron (Rhododendron arboreum), the “Lali Gurans” is the National flower of Nepal.

In Tibetan, the vertical prayer flags (as seen on photos) are called ‘Dar Cho’ where Dar means to increase life, fortune and health and Cho represents sentient beings. The 5 colours of the prayer flags signify the five elements of the earth; blue is heaven sky, white is air, red is fire, green is water and the yellow is earth. It is believed that when wind touches and flutters prayer flags it takes the prayers inscription of the flags to near and far places blessing all the sentient beings. Jomsom, Mustang.

After ritual bathing and praying to Muktinath and Mukteshwar Mahadev, Hindu pilgrims take part in “Rudri Puja” organized at the Shree Muktinath Yagya Shala vicinity, that lies next to Mukteshwar Mahadev Temple at the Muktinath vicinity. Rudri Puja is an ancient practice followed in Hinduism since time immemorial. ‘Rudra’ means ‘Shiva – the Benevolent’, ‘ the Destroyer of Evil’. At it, Shiva is worshiped in his Rudra form and it is hailed by all Vedic scriptures as one of the greatest Pujas to remove all evils, to attain all desires and for all-round prosperity.

Tiji, an abr for “Tinji Rimdo” meaning “The Prayer for World Peace”, is a 3 day annual festival during Dawa Sumba (Apr/May) month of Tibetan Calendar. The monks of Choede Monastery wearing colorful animal masks and robes perform masked dances. The masked dances on the second day called “Nag Cham”, The dances are executed in an aggressive style; weapons and animal forms are the major attractions of the dance sequence on this day, representing the various means used to drive the evil away.

Eid Mubarak!! Muslim community of Nepal congregate at Jame Masjid (Jama Mosque) on the pious occasion of Eid ul Fitr for prayer. They then hug each other and greet "Eid Mubarak" Nepalgunj, Nepal.

Gilded Torana showing Vishnu on his mount Garuda flanked by Ganga and Jamuna. The Torana is placed above the Changu Narayan Temple door, Bhaktapur.

Politics Technology

From Papers to Digitals

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Heritage Site Tourism

Boating down the Babai in Bardia

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Ecology Environment

Conservationists condemn Nepal proposal to allow hydropower in protected areas

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Culture Hinduism Tradition

Sama Chakheva

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Culture History Sikhism

Guru Nanak Jayanti

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Christianity Culture EX-Pats of Nepal

Father Moran and Nepal’s Jesuits

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