KATMANDU, Nepal — Paintings of Buddha dating back at least to the 12th century have been discovered in a cave in Nepal’s remote north-central region by a team of international researchers, who were ...

KATHMANDU: Scientists have confirmed that an endangered species of ancient Himalayan wolf is still extant and roams in the Upper Mustang region of Nepal. They reached to the conclusion after analysing ...

The Gurung people have been conducting honey hunt rituals in the Himalayan cliffs of Nepal for a very long time. The cultural practice has been transferred from one generation to another making the ...

Swayambhunath — also known as the Monkey Temple, for its holy, furry dwellers that swing from the rosewood trees — is one of the oldest and most sacred Buddhist sites in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley, an ...

There’s more restitution news from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, which last week announced the return of a 13th-century wooden temple strut and Vishnu Flanked by Lakshmi and Garuda, an ...

I first heard the popular “Swasthani Vrata Katha” – a devotional text – recited in Sankhu, a village on the outskirts of Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley, some 25 years ago. The text tells the story, or ...

Kathmandu (Nepal), Mar 08 (ANI): Holi festivities kicked off in Nepal on Friday with the ancient Chir tradition -sacred bamboo Chir was upraised at the Basantapur Durbar Square, a UNESCO World ...

Kumari Devi Nepal: Aryatara Shakya, a two-year-old girl, has been chosen as the new 'living goddess' or Kumari, of Nepal, and will be worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists in the Hindu-majority ...