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Finding peace in Buddha’s birthplace
Lumbini became a place of pilgrimage as early as the 3rd century, when the Mauryan emperor Ashoka visited and erected his famous commemorative pillar at the nativity site of the Mayadevi Garden. Then...
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Celebrating mindfulness
In conjunction with the United Nations International Day of Yoga on June 21, Nepal held various events across the country to commemorate the day. A public yoga event was held in Darbar Marg, Kathmandu...
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Celebrating Eid
Muslims in Nepal, like elsewhere, celebrated Eid-Al-Fitr. The festival marks the end of Ramadan, a month-long fasting to commemorate Muhammad. Hundreds gathered at Kashmiri Masjid on Thursday to pray...
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Submerged lives
Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall have claimed at least 70 lives in southern Nepal and displaced thousands. Many plains districts in eastern Tarai have been inundated following heavy...
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Father’s Day
Every year on Kuse Aunsi (Father’s Day), people worship their beloved fathers. Those who have lost their fathers gather at the bank of Bagmati River at Gokarneshwor Temple in Kathmandu and take a holy...
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Nepal’s own Dangal daughters
All photo: Jiyalal Sah Only after Dangal became the biggest Bollywood blockbuster ever in 2016, did its transnational audiences, including Nepalis, become familiar with women’s wrestling in India. But...
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Reviving Newari tradition
Communities in Patan have come together to put up a three-day long Jyapu Museum Fiesta, showcasing Newari food, music and dance, pottery-making, weaving, traditional brick kiln and festivals. The event...
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Tamu Lhosar
The air was thick with laughter in Tundikhel, and thousands of dancing feet swept up huge, thick clouds of dust. Marking the beginning of the Gurung Calendar New Year and the end to the old one, the...
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Snowed in
Snow-covered Jufal airfield in Dolpo and Simikot in Humla on Wednesday morning as the first winter westerly front brought precipitation across Nepal. Photos by Rajendra B Singh
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68th Democracy Day
Nepal is celebrating it’s 68th Democracy Day today, marking the establishment of democracy after the end of the 104-year-long Rana regime. Photojournalist Gopen Rai brings you the visuals from the...
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