Rara Lake | Nymph of Heaven |

Deep blue lake, coniferous forest around, highland above and snow capped himalayan range in the top, a blend of unbelievable beauty and boundary people often compare it with Nymph of Heaven.

| Basanta Panchami | | Shri Panchami | | Saraswoti Puja |

Basanta Panchami is also known as Shri Panchami or Saraswoti Puja which is very special for students and  celebrated to show the respect to the Goddess Saraswoti,  the goddess of knowledge and learning. On this day students take bath early in the morning, wear clean clothes, worship their books and visit temples of goddess Saraswoti with worship materials. There is a belief that worshipping the goddess on this day broadens up the knowledge horizon and studies will progress further fruitfully. Parents who have toddlers at home take them to temples and make them write on the walls of the temple.

Amazing Adventures in Nepal Tourism year 2011 - HONEY HUNTING

Honey hunting is an age-old tradition in Nepal. Local honey hunters show their exceptional skills by

hanging themselves on cliffs as high as 300 meters using bamboo ladders and hemp ropes, while harvesting the honeycombs.

See the spectacular honey hunting on the steep bee cliffs to experience the tradition and culture of the local people. See them while you trek in the foothills of the Himalayas.

Loshar

Sherpas and Tibetans welcome their New Year with feasts, family visits and dancing. Families done their finest clothes and jewellery and exchange gifts. Buddhist monks offer prayers for good health and prosperity, and perform dances at the monasteries. People wear new clothes and finest jewelries and exchange gifts during the festival. Colorful prayer flags decorate streets and rooftops; the colors seem especially brilliant at the Bouddha and Swayambhu stupas. Crowds of celebrants at Bouddha bring in the New Year by throwing tsampa (roasted barley flour) into the air.

This Year it lies on 16th January.

Kathmandu Durbar Square - Video

kathmandu Durbar square is one the the world heritage in Nepal. It is located at the center of capital city kathmandu. There, you can see the statues of ancient king and their architecture.

Maghe Sankranti

According to the astrological belief, in the month of Magh(tenth month in Nepali Calender) the sun enters the southern hemisphere, and the days begin to grow longer and warmer. Lord vishnu the Preserver is thanked for his efforts. On Maghe Sankranti (the first day of Magh) people take an early morning bath in a holy river, visit the shrines of Vishnu, and present flowers, incense and food to him. They read the Bhagwad Gita, also known as The Song of the Gods, apply mustard oil over their bodies, and enjoy feast of rice cooked with lentiles, yams or tarul-a must-and til ko laddu, sweets made of seasame and jaggery (sugarcane paste).

Nepalese People

Nepal is bounded by by India on three sides and on the fourth northern side by Tibet. In more sense than one Nepal, specially the Kathmandu Valley, has acted as a receiver and preserver as well a transmitter of cultural and intellectual strains of ideas from the south to the north and from the north to the south. It has also provided sanctuaries to different racial, ethnic and linguistic groups. Different racial and ethnic groups brought with them varied culture, language, arts, crafts, thought forms, social practices, religion and way of life.
True. Due to migration, military expeditions, trading and commercial activities there has been tremendous intermingling of the races on both the southern and northern borders of Nepal. Mongolian groups of Tibeto-Burmese language group has had contacts with the "Caucasian" groups of Indo-Aryan language groups. While the former have been basically followers of Buddhism and other natural religions, the later follow Hinduism. It has always acted as a sort of the Himalayan bridge between the south and the north.

LUMBINI

Lumbini is the birth place of Gautam Buddha, the initiator of Buddism and the follower of peace and non voilence. There we can see the ancient building and the materials used by Buddha.

Pashupatinath

Situated 5km east of Kathmandu city center, Pashupatinath literally means "Lord of Animals" and is considered to be the patron deity of Nepal. Pashupatinath is regarded as one of the holiest site for Hindus all over the world.
Pashupatinath temple is a pagoda style two-tiered golden roof with exquisitely carved four silver doors containing in its sanctum a phallic idol with four faces facing each direction and the fifth one is looking up towards the Zenith. A temple dedicated to Shiva was constructed at the present site by Lichhavi King Supushpa Verma according to an ancient Chronicle.

Kathmandu Durbar Square

Kathmandu Durbar Sqare

Kathmandu Durbar Square lies in the heart of the Kathmandu city. The locals know this area by its old name Hanuman Dhoka - an ancient seat of the Nepalese Royalty. The Royal Palace during medieval times were not merely for Royal activities but also used as the center of administration, cultural activities and festivals.

Handicraft industry in Nepal

Show the business and the people involved in handicraft industry in Nepal.

Featured Video of Nepal

This video identifies Nepal in the world. It shows the high himalayas in the north and different costumes of Nepalese people with their culture in brief. It show the natural scenery of Nepal, green hills, and snow cladded mountain and culture rich pople on them are the main featues of Nepal.

Pashupatinath

Pashupatinath is the well known temple of supreme god Shiva of Hindu. It is one of the prime destination of the hindus. Pashupati temple is listed in world heritage list. Millions of people visit the temple yearly. Shivaratri is the main occasion when most of the hindus prefer to visit the temple.

Janakpur and Janaki Temple

Janakpur is the place of Janaki temple located in the southern region of central Nepal. Janaki is the temple of Lord Ram and his wife Sita. It is believed that janakpur was the birth place of Sita and she got married to Ram from Ayodhya from India. It is described in the Ramayan. In this holy place, there many small temple that are the character of Ramayan. Janaki is the biggest temple of Nepal.

Activities for Nepal Tourism Year 2011

In this video, you can see different activities going on in Nepal to promote the Nepal Tourism Year 2011. Nepal Tourism Board is the official organisation which is making all the preparation, raising the people from all over the world to visit Nepal in the Year. The video shows the preparations, rallies and commitments by different plitical parties to make the program successful. Here, prachanda, Jhalanath Khanal and other leaders signs on a paper to not call strike during the period.

Festivals in Nepal

This is a feature video of festivals celebrated in Nepal. some of the festivals are Dashain, Tihar, Chhat, Indra Jatra, Ghode Jatra etc.

Patan Durbar Square

Patan Durbar Square is the one of the World heritage listed place of Nepal.

Kathmandu International Theatre Festival 2010

Kathmandu International Theatre Festival 2010, organized by Aarohan Theatre Group is going on at Gurukul, Purano Baneshwor from 17 November from sixteen different counties. The countries participating the festival are Nepal, Bangladesh, Finland, France Germany, India, Iran Norway, Pakistan Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, USA, Uk. The last performance will be on 7 December.

A Pocket Tour of Durbar Square

An Introduction
Over 50 monuments can be found in Durbar Square, the oldest dating back to the 12the century, when the area was the crossroads of two important trading routes. Over the years it evolved into the hub of Kathmandu. A succession of kings built and elaborated on the main royal palace here, which gave it the name "Durbar" or palace, Square.
The area flourished in the 17th century, the "Golden Age" of the Kathmandu Valley, when the Malla rulers of the three neighbouring city-states of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur waged artistic warfare to see who could built the most splendid monuments. Any innovation in one was quickly copied by the other kings, a competition that explains the similarities between the three cities Durbar Squares.

Bangalamukhi

The three cities in the Kathmandu Valley kathmandu, patan and Bhaktpur are very rich in temples and religious monuments. Most of the temples in the valley were built during the Lichhavi dynasty, which dates back to hundreds of years. Some temples and monuments are made of metal, some of wood and others of stone. Each temple and monuments are mode of metal, some of wood and others of stone. Each temple and monument display artistic works that deserve words of praise. But received opportunities to be praised because only a few famous temples and monuments are known to all and visited by many. The not so popular places, temples and monuments also have interesting stories and artistic work behind them, but often remain 'undiscovered'.
So, this time let us walk down about a kilometer from Patan Durbar Square to a place where there are many historical monuments in one single compound.