What things are in Nepal?

Nepal Airlines Corporation

2012-02-08T01:40:00.000-08:00

Nepal Airlines (formerly known as Royal Nepal Airlines) is the flag carrier of Nepal. Its main base is Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu. The airline was established in July 1958 as Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation (RNAC). The airlines first aircraft was a single Douglas DC-3, used to serve domestic routes and a handful of destinations in India. The airline acquired its first jet aircraft, Boeing 727's, in 1972. In 2004 the Nepal Government decided to sell off 49% of its stake in Nepal Airlines to the private sector. Presently, the airline operates a fleet of seven aircraft and flies to 39 destinations; seven of which are international.

Kumari -Living Goddes

2012-01-17T04:46:00.000-08:00

The selection of the Kumari, who is entitled to sit on the pedestal for worship as the Living Goddess is an elaborate affair. According to the traditions of Vajrayana sect of Mahayana Buddhism, girls in the age-group of 4-7 year,

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About Nala

2012-01-17T04:38:00.000-08:00

Nala is one of the typical newari city of Kavre district, Nepal.
Route to Nala
Kathamndu (Buspark, RatnaPark)-Banepa-Nala

Lumbini Visit Year 2012

2012-01-14T23:10:00.001-08:00

Lumbini is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi district of Nepal. It is the place where Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama, who as the Buddha Gautama founded the Buddhist tradition. The Buddha lived between roughly 563 and 483 BCE. Lumbini is one of four magnets for pilgrimage that sprang up in places pivotal to the life of the Buddha, the others being at Kushinagar, Bodh Gaya, and Sarnath.

Lumbini is geographically located 25 km east of the municipality of Kapilavastu, Nepa where the Buddha lived until the age of 29. Lumbini has a number of temples, including the Mayadevi temple, and others under construction. Also located here is the Puskarini or Holy Pond where the Buddha's mother took the ritual dip prior to his birth and where he, too, had his first bath, as well as the remains of Kapilvastu palace. At other sites near Lumbini, earlier Buddhas were, according to tradition, born, achieved ultimate awakening and finally relinquished earthly form.
The Government of Nepal is all set to launch the Visit Lumbini Year 2012 on January 14 in a bid to spread Gautam Buddha's message of peace across the world and develop the Buddha's birthplace as a peace city and a global Buddhist center.
After the facelift for the monuments and the new additions to the sacred site Lumbini is better prepared than ever to welcome visitors and pilgrims from all over the world. Would you want to be one of them? Here you will find our planned itineraries for Visit Lumbini Year 2012.

End of the Panauti Mahotsav

2011-08-27T07:39:00.000-07:00

Panauti is one of the beautiful newar city of Kavre district. it is very old city with various culture and tradition. the Panauti Mahotsav is just finished from today. some images of mahotsav.

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साँखुको विस्केट जात्रामा प्रताप मल्लको योगदान

2011-06-13T04:41:00.000-07:00

प्रत्येक वर्ष मेष संक्रान्ति अर्थात् बैशाख १ गते साँखुको चलाखु टोलको महालक्ष्मी अष्टमातृका पीठको सामुन्ने लिङ्गो ठड्याई भव्यताका साथ बिस्केट जात्रा मनाउने गर्दछन् । कालान्तरमा गुठी जग्गाको आयश्रोत नपुग्ने कारण विगत ३०÷४० वर्षदेखि औपचारिकता मात्र पूरा गर्ने गरि साँखुमा लिङ्गो ठड्याई बिस्केट जात्रा मनाउँदै आएको छ ।

The Youngest singer

2011-04-23T02:11:00.000-07:00

What’s the next big thing in music? Well, we predict it’s the musically precocious young singer of the world, Atithi Gautam KC. Having achieved so much at the very juvenile age, this young talent’s budding career shows a great deal of promise and we expect to see much more from her in future.

As she has already made a great stride as a youngest singer, now she is set to make a waves in the ocean of music as an artist launching her album at Mt. Everest. Her second album “Top of the world” is about to launch there. This album is already taken by Khimlal Gautam from Athiti foundation. Along with group, Khimlal is climbing Mt. Everest and at the end; the album will be launched at the peak.

Five different original english tracks are included in her new album. The lyrics are penned by Ghanshyam Khadka and the music is by the chairman of Athiti foundation, Jugal Dangol. Whatever new adventure she takes on, she is sure to success. She has more than proven that already and we think it is only a matter of times before everyone takes notice and remembers the name, Atithi Gautam KC.

Sankhu Jatra Live Broadcast on "Sagarmatha Television".

2011-04-21T01:09:00.000-07:00

The Very main Festival of Sankhu Jatra, is live on Sagarmatha Television now for 4 hrs. people if don't opportunity to reach sankhu. Enjoy on your Televsion Screen. for more updates and photos of festival plz follow my blog.:

About living goddes " Kumari" at Sankhu

2011-04-16T00:31:00.000-07:00

नेपाल उपत्यकामा रहेका कुमारीहरुको प्रख्याती र प्रमाणका विषयमा केहि लेखिरहनु आवश्यक नहोला। तर पनि सक्व, सांखु कुमारीको कुरा गर्दा यसको इतिहास, इतिहासकै गर्भमा लुकिरहेको देखिन्छ। more...............

Yours Trusted Local Travel Guide in Nepal.

2011-03-18T23:46:00.000-07:00

2011 is a special Year for all the comer to Nepal from all over the world. The Tourism Year 2011 has already started in Nepal. As all of us know that the Nepal is the best destination to be closed with world highest peck Mt. Everest, the every land and structure are as a open natural zoo without any bounded. The place to be honor as the birth place o of Lord Buddha . (The light of Asia.). If you want to travel and get more information about Nepal and others Places of Kathmandu valley. We managed totally yours trips and we offer you to live at local homes as a guest. which makes you more happy and chance to be closed with nepali Society's and families. we managed " HomeStay" to all the tourist. if you wanna this please contact. we assure that we make yours time very much meaningful without any expensive prices as hotels and lodge.

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Nepal Tourism Year 2011

2010-12-08T00:24:00.000-08:00

The natural scenery, high mountains, incomparable cultural heritage and numerous specialties have made Nepal a well-known destination in the world tourism map with a distinct image of its own. However, the development of tourism is limited in number and within the certain areas of the country only.

The new government has shown greater concerns about the real value of tourism and its role in contributing to economic growth, poverty alleviation, equity and overall tourism development in the country.
Objectives of Campaign:

    * Establish Nepal as a choice of premier holiday destination with a definite brand image.
    * Improve and extend tourism related infrastructures in existing and new destinations
    * Enhance the capacity of service providers.
    * Boost community capacity in the new areas to cater the need of the visitors.
    * Promote domestic tourism for sustainable growth of the industry.

Campaign Targets:
    * Achieve one million international visitors
    * Encouraging more investment on tourism infrastructures

      Nepaltourism2011.info express its utmost commitment towards this nation building campaign and invites all our partners, guests, friends, colleagues and well wishers to come up and join hand with us by their respective capacity. This is a sheer opportunity to contribute the nation.

Yamari Puni

2010-11-21T19:10:00.001-08:00

Yomari Punhi -meaning full moon of yomari-one of the popular Newar festivals is observed every year during the full moon of December.A yomari is a confection of rice-flour (from the new harvest)dough shaped like fig and filled with brown cane sugar and sesame seeds, which is then steamed. This delicacy is the chief item on the menu during the post-harvest celebration of Yomari Punhi. On this full moon day, people of the Kathmandu Valley offer worship to Annapurna, the goddess of grains, for the rice harvest. Groups of kids go neighborhood to beg yomari cakes from housewives in the evening. Sacred masked dances are performed in the villages of Hari Siddhi and Thecho at the southern end of the Valley to mark the festival.

The Newars, upon munching a mouthful of yomari, a sweet dish, await the end of their four days of devotion of god, following which they will be blessed with wealth, according to their belief. The people prepare yomaris, in the form of gods and goddesses such as Kumar, Ganesh, Laxmi and Kuber. In keeping with the culture, parents bless children from two to twelve years who are then offered yomaris. The children on the other hand perform the customary song and dance and ask for food and other gifts from the elders during the festival.
The festival is said to have started from panchal nagar(present day Panauti). Myth has it that Suchandra and Krita, a married couple, first experimented with fresh yield of rice from their field. And what took shape turned out came to be known as yomari. The new delicacy was eventually distributed among the villagers. As the food was liked by all, the bread was named yomari, which literally means 'tasty bread'. The myth further states that on the same day the couple offered the god of wealth, Kuber, the new delicacy, who was passing by in a disguise. Following this Kuber disclosed , his real identity and blessed the couple with wealth. He also declared that whoever will prepare yomari in the form of gods and goddesses on the full moon of December and observe four days of devotion to god, will get rid of poverty. The festival is celebrated on the second day when prayers are offered during which the yomaris are stored and not eaten on that very day. On the fourth and the final day the people belonging to the Newar community consume the sweet bread as a gift from gods and this practise also marks the end of the festival.

Teej Festival has started..

2010-09-10T20:45:00.000-07:00

Teej - 'the festival of swings' is celebrated with gusto and fervor in various parts of India and Nepal. The festival of Teej commemorates the reunion of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. Married women and young girls celebrate the festival with earnest devotion. Teej falls in the month of Sawan and brings great relax from the scorching summers. Many religious activities takes place at the time of Teej. Such rituals and customs of Teej forces people to become part of grand Teej celebrations.

Teej has many significant roles to play in one's life. Women observing Nirajara Vrat on Teej are said to be blessed with long and healthy life of their husband by Teej Mata Parvati. Various other customs and rituals of Teej make the festival more important. Teej gives a chance to women to express their love and devotion for their husband who in return present beautiful gifts to their wife as a token of love.

Significance of Teej

Rooted deep in Indian religious and cultural ethos - Teej plays a significant role in defining the true nature of relationship between a married couple. Besides, the festival provides much needed break to womenfolk from their daily household drudgery. Find out how Teej is significant in these and more ways to the women in India.

Religious Significance of Teej
Religious significance of Teej festival lies in devotion of Goddess Parvati for her husband Lord Shiva. It was on this day that the divine couple Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati reunited with each other after hundreds of years. Even today womenfolk commemorate this mythological event by observing 'Nirjara Vrat' for the well-being and long-life of their husband.

Climatic Significance
Teej celebrates the advent of monsoon season. Teej coincides with monsoon season and thus create a greater impact for its celebration. Taking full advantage of the beautiful climate at this time women enjoy themselves by swinging, singing and dancing in rain.

Break from Daily Humdrum of Life
Teej celebration has great significance for womenfolk as it gives them their much needed break from the daily humdrum of life. For married women it also brings a chance to visit their parents house and relive childhood memories. No wonder, women celebrate the festival with great mirth and enthusiasm. They pay special attention to their appearance and deck themselves in beautiful clothes and fine jewelry. Women also apply intricate patterns of mehndi on their hands and feet.

Strengthening Relationships
One of the foremost significance of Teej is that it helps in strengthening relationship between married couples. Women who observe fast for the long life of their husband in earnest devotion feel closer and more committed to their husband. While watching their wife straining themselves, husbands feel more special. They reciprocate by being more loving and caring towards their wife. Husbands usually express themselves by presenting gifts to their wife and being more sensitive towards their doting wives.

SLC results out; 64.31 percent pass

2010-07-02T20:23:00.001-07:00

the Office of the Controller of Examinations (OCE), Bhaktapur published the results of this year's School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examinations, Friday evening.

According to the OCE, 64.31 percent of the total students who appeared in the SLC this year have passed the examinations. Altogether 2,59,916 examinees got through the SLC examination. Of this figure, 2,47,689 passed students are from regular category while 12,227 are exempted ones.

Chief Exam Controller Chitra Prasad Devkota informed that some 4,56,719 students had appeared in both regular and exempted category in the SLC examinations conducted in March this year.

The OCE has eased the process of checking the results through mobile SMS, internet and FM radios, among others

SLC Result is going to publish soon..................................

2010-07-02T03:20:00.000-07:00

The Office of the Controller of Examinations (OCE), Bhaktapur is all set to publish the results of this year's School Leaving Certificate (SLC) today.

Lekhnath Poudel, deputy spokesperson of the Ministry of Education, told Nepalnews that Exam Controller Chitra Prasad Devkota informed him that OCE is likely to publish SLC results today evening.

Although Devkota was not immediately available for comments, reports said that the board meeting of OCE will be held at 3 pm today to make final decision for publication of SLC results.

Some 4,56,719 students had appeared in both regular and exempted category in thi SLC examination held about four months ago

The Tallest Statue of Lord Shiva....................

2010-06-25T20:06:00.001-07:00

The Nepal’s tallest statue of Lord Shiva constructed at the initiative of Nepal’s Jain community is set to open for public visit from the fourth week of this month.

According to project sponsor Kamal Jain, the 108 feet tall statue in Sanga, some 20 km away from Kathmandu on the way to Banepa, will be inaugurated officially on June 21 by President Dr Ram Baran Yadav. The function will be graced by Hindu leader Shankaracharya from Badri.

The rituals for inauguration will start as early as June 14 and Kalash Yatra has been scheduled for June 19.

Though it was not intended to make it a place of attraction for tourists and other visitors, the statue has already drawn attention of Nepalese and foreigners as a place of retreat and religious destination.

The center spreading over 75 ropanies of land will not only host the Shiva statue, but also a natural therapy center serving visitors free of cost. Jain expects to employ some 50 people in the center, with monthly expenditure crossing Rs 500,000, for regular service delivery.

Though his religion mentions nothing about Lord Shiva, Jain says he chose this God, believed to reside in Kailash, further north from the statue, due to his closeness to Pashupatinath over the past 20 years he stayed in Kathmandu valley.

Built with cement, Jain said the statue, named Kailashnath Mahadev, can resist minor earthquakes and strong winds.

2010-05-27T06:11:00.000-07:00

A Nepali sherpa set a record for the number of climbs of Mount Everest when he reached the top of the world's highest mountain for the 14th time on Monday, the Himalayan kingdom's tourism ministry said.

Aapa Sherpa, 44, broke his own record of 13 Everest climbs set last year, when he picked his way to the peak of the 8,850-metre summit from the south-east ridge route, pioneered by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepali sherpa Tenzing Norgay 51 years ago.

"This is his 14th time on the Everest summit and a world record," a ministry official, Purna Bhakta Tandukar, told Reuters.

He said Aapa reached the summit at 5:45 am (local time) and was followed by a team of two Belgian, one Greek, one Swiss, one US and 10 other Nepali sherpa climbers.

A total of 1,372 people have climbed Everest so far from the Nepali and Tibetan sides since 1953 - 241 of them more than once - and 178 have died on its slopes.

There are 64 expeditions on the mountain from both sides in the current climbing season that started in March and continues through May.

End of 'indefinite' general strike.

2010-05-07T20:16:00.000-07:00

After choking the nation for six consecutive days, the Unified CPN (Maoist) has decided to end its 'indefinite' general strike.

A meeting of the UCPN (M)'s standing committee held Friday evening at party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal's Naya Bazaar residence decided to end the general strike "in view of the difficulties caused by the general strike to ordinary people" and the violent confrontations taking place during the demonstrations.

The party will organise mass meetings followed by demonstrations in the capital other major other cities across the country on Saturday and will picket Singha Durbar on Sunday.

"We have decided to stop the general strike considering the difficulty caused to the ordinary people, and also in view of the conspiracy hatched by this government to instigate violence. But we have not stopped our people's movement-III," Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal told media persons after the meeting.

Dahal informed that the party would carry out a series of protest programmes until May 28, the deadline to issue the new constitution.

Describing the 22-party government as a "curse to the nation", the Maoist chairman, however, claimed that the protests were not aimed just to get the party in the power.

The Maoist party had enforced nationwide general strike from Sunday, a day after a it staged a major demonstration in the capital. The general strike brought the nation to a complete halt with transportation services, industries, educational institutions and marketplaces remaining closed down while the bandh was starting to cause shortage of food and vegetables in the capital and outside.

Initially, the demonstrations were largely peaceful, but as the general strike went on, there was increasing violence between the Maoist agitators and those defying the bandh.

The Maoists had brought tens of thousands of cadres from around the country for the agitations.

Earlier today, thousands of people participated in a peace rally organized by the Professional Alliance for Peace and Democracy (PAPAD) at Basantapur, calling for immediate solution to the political stand-of

Maoist general strike enters day 3, minor incidents of violence at some places

2010-05-04T01:04:00.000-07:00

he nationwide general strike called by the Unified CPN (Maoist) entered into the third consecutive day on Tuesday, bringing normal life to a complete halt.

Maoist cadres are staging demonstrations at major intersections in the capital from early morning.

Like in previous two days, transpiration services, shops, factories and educational institution remain closed in Kathmandu and outside.

The protesters have, however, allowed the ambulances, water tankers and vehicles of media and diplomatic missions to operate during the strike.

While the protests have been largely peaceful, minor incidents of violence were reported at some places.

About 30 Maoist cadres carrying bamboo sticks attacked around a dozen shops in Anamnagar and Ghattekulo area in Kathmandu for defying the general strike this morning.

The attacked dairies and milk van in the area despite party's announcement earlier that dairy vans would be allowed to ply on the roads.

According to a dairy shop owner in Ghattekulo, the protesters cadres suddenly attacked his shop without saying anything.

In Anamnagar, the Maoist cadres opened the shutters and vandalized shops. In Lalitpur, they misbehaved with the workers of some factories in the area. The Maoist cadres in Chabhil beat an employee of the National Television this morning.

In Satungal and Naikap, the local residents counter attacked the Maoist demonstrators. The situation remained tense for some time after the
locals confronted the agitators.

The living goddess kumari

2010-04-08T05:01:00.001-07:00

The living goddess kumari's jatra can be found in Sankhu. The living Goddess is bring on Especial occasion and ceremony at Dashain and other important festivals.
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sankhu mahotsav

2010-04-03T01:23:00.000-07:00

combination of art, culture from here

The shorted man of the world

2010-02-22T22:13:00.000-08:00

KHAGENDRA Thapa Magar – only 50 cm in height and 5 kg in weight – claims to be the shortest man in the world.

This is he dancing on the lawn in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, in ton to register his name in the Guinness Book of World Records as the shortest and the lightest person in the world.

Bhaktapur (Close to Culutre and Art.)

2010-02-18T18:31:00.000-08:00

Bhaktapur, at 1,401 meters above sea level, spreads over an area of 6.88 square kilometers. It grows from a collection of villages strung along the old trade route between India and Tibet. The capital city of the Greater Malla Kingdom till the 15th century AD, Bhaktapur was founded in the 12th century by King Ananda Malla, but it was only in the early 18th century that this city took its present shape. It was at that time that many of Bhaktapur’s greatest monuments were built by the then Malla rulers.

Nepal's succeed on women football....

2010-02-03T06:19:00.000-08:00

DHAKA, FEB 02 -
A day after the football men team's bitter loss against the Maldives, the women's football team have compensated for it by thrashing Sri Lanka 8-0 at the Banglabandhu Stadium on Tuesday.
Today's win means Nepal inch closer to the finals with six points, ahead of Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. India still remain the favourites having won all their matches. They face Nepal in their next Round Robin fixture. The top two teams play the finals.
Nepal Chief-de-mission Hari Babu Chaudhary, Nepal Olympic Committee General Secretary Jeewan Ram Shrestha and All Nepal Football Association president Ganesh Thapa all were elated with Nepal's performance and wasted no time in congratulating the players and wishing them luck for their next big encounter.
Jamuna Gurung scored a hat-trick in today's empathic win, hitting the back of the net on 46th, 57th and 62nd minute. The others on the mark were Anu Lama (33rd and 40th minutes), Sajana Rana (39th), Laxmi Paudel (82nd) and Ranjana Darji (83rd).
Nepal had such control of the game that their goalkeeper and the defenders remained mute spectators throughout. But contrary to what the score line suggested, Nepal struggled to find their rhythm in the first 10 minutes but once they did, they never turned back as they ended up scoring the highest number of goals in international football, both in men's and women's, categories in the history of Nepali football.
Nepal coach Dhurba K.C. was speechless after the win. He said that his girls made for the best outfit in the event. “Going by today's performance, I can count on my attacking frontline. But my defence line seems to be as strong,” said K.C.

Gosaikunda lake of Nepal.

2010-02-01T06:06:00.000-08:00

An exploration to the Nepal's best -kept secret Langtang's wonders of Gosainkunda Lake, Laurebina pass along with the diverse ethno-culture on the backdrop of Himalayas.

Prior to the arrival some 300 years ago of Tibetan migrants, Langtang Gosaikunda was considered “Hidden Valley,” a place of refuge, and it remains a well-kept secret. The Langtang Gosaikunda lies directly north of Kathmandu on the border with Tibet. Though easily accessible and only a day’s drive from Kathmandu, the Lagtang region remains a relatively less trekked area. Here the mountainscape is spectacular. On either side of valley, mountains rise, soaring into the sky. The walk-in is picturesque, with untouched forests and abundant flora and fauna. Langur monkeys and Ghoral are easily spotted along the stream, while Himalayan Thar dot the cliffs on high.

Passing through the traditional Tamang villages and age-old forests of rhododendron trees with spectacular views behind us, we finally reach the Holy lakes of Gosaikunda where every year thousands of Hindu pilgrims come to visit the lake in the month of August. The Langtang Gosaikunda trek passes over the Laurebina Pass at an altitude of 4625 meters with a view into Tibet that is simply breathtaking.

Gosaikunda is a lake in Nepal in Rasuwa district that is the site of regular Hindu pilgrimage. It is situated at the height of 4,380 metres from sea level, and melts and sips down to form the Trishuli river.

Gosainkunda trek adjoins the famous Langtang trek in the same district.The lake remains frozen for 6 months in winter October to June.There are plenty of hotels along the route to Helambu trek.The best season to visit is June.

It is believed to have originated from the digging of the land by the Trishul (holy 3 pointed sword) of lord Shiva after he drank the poison from samudramanthan and desperately wanted cold water to drink to quench the overwhelming heat of the poison.