De deelnemende meisjes, die ‘Kanyas’ worden genoemd, worden naar de Taleju Bhawani Tempel gebracht, één van de Shakti Peethas in Nepal, die slechts één keer per jaar tijdens Dashain haar deuren opent ...

Lakshmi Puja is celebrated as a part of Tihar, a second national festival of Nepal after Dashain. In Nepal, it is celebrated for five days, which include Kag (crow) Tihar; Kukur (dog) Tihar; Gai (cow) ...

Kathmandu [Nepal], September 16 : Nepal on Monday honoured 504 young girls under the age of 12 as part of an annual ritual believed to ward off bad luck and illnesses. Locally known as "Kumari Pooja," ...

Nepal on Monday honoured 504 young girls under the age of 12 as part of an annual ritual believed to ward off bad luck and illnesses. Locally known as "Kumari Pooja," young Newari girls gather ...

Among the host of new Nepali musicians, Bikki Gurung is someone who gives you the rush of discovering a new crowd favourite before the pack does.

KATHMANDU, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Kumari Puja is celebrated through the ceremonious worship of young girls as manifestations of the divine female energy or devi in Asian religious traditions in Nepal.

Today in the UNESCO Heritage site of Pashupatinath temple, only women devotees are allowed to enter to perform pooja. To mark the occasion, the Government of Nepal announced a public holiday for women ...

Playing in the "Orizzonti" (or "Horizons") section at this year's Venice Film Festival, Nepali drama Pooja, Sir presents ... merely portrayed as part of her morning routine, and that she lives ...

Kathmandu [Nepal], September 27 : The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has cancelled all the domestic flights till Saturday morning due to adverse weather conditions across the nation. "It has been ...