Kathmandu (Nepal), Oct 23 (ANI): A long Serpentine queues were witnessed outside the famous Taleju Bhawani Temple in Nepal as it opened its gates for devotees on the auspicious occasion of ...

This story appears in the June 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. EDITOR’S NOTE This story went to press before the earthquake struck Nepal on April 25. The kumaris in the Kathmandu ...

Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees have gathered at a revered temple in Nepal’s capital to celebrate one of the country’s biggest religious festivals. KATHMANDU, Nepal — Tens of thousands ...

Along a small street in Nepal's Bhaktapur city sits an unassuming building with a strange name - the Museum of Stolen Art. Inside it are rooms filled with statues of Nepal's sacred gods and goddesses.

Bhaktapur, located in south-central Nepal, was once the capital of the Kathmandu Valley and is renowned for its remarkable ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered at a revered temple in Nepal’s capital on Wednesday to celebrate one of the country’s biggest religious festivals.

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A holy man smokes marijuana at the Pashupatinath Hindu temple during Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) 33,658 people played the daily ...