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 ...
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 ...
New species of gecko were found on the walls of 16th-century forts in Nepal. Bhattarai, et al (2025) ZooKeys Centuries ago in the Siwalik Mountains, a range in the outer Himalayas, ancient people ...
Lalitpur marked its annual Ghode Jatra, the festival of horses, with the 'Kaji Saheb' touring the ancient city. The tradition ...