Nepal is perhaps the world’s greatest treasury of Buddhist and Hindu art and architecture in Nepal is of a religious nature. More than 2,500 years of the Hindu and Buddhist faith have given Nepal an unrivaled collection of religious architecture and art, from the simple Buddhist stupas to the ornate Hindu pagoda temples. Architecture in … Read more
Nineteen Kilometers (12 miles) southwest of Bhairawa is Lumbini, The birthplace of lord buddha (Siddharth Gautam) in 540 BC. Since 1958 Lumbini has been in the hands of an international committee established by the Fourth World Buddhist Conference and initially funded by a substantial contribution from King Mahendra. Evidence of buddha birth place in Lumbini … Read more
Lumbini Birthplace of Buddha’s, in the Terai of southern Nepal, is the birthplace of Siddharth Gautama Buddha. It is as sacred to the world’s 300 million Buddhists as Mecca to the Muslims and Jerusalem to the Judeo-Christian faiths. The Buddha was born in 540 BC in a garden under a grove of leafy trees. His … Read more
Ramanavami is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birthday of Lord Rama, the seventh avatar of the god Vishnu. It is typically celebrated on the ninth day of the Hindu lunar calendar month of Chaitra, which falls in the month of March or April in the Gregorian calendar. Ramanavami festival is celebrated with great devotion … Read more
Pashupatinath temple is the holiest and most famous of all Nepal’s Hindu shrines. Perched on the banks of the Bagmati, at Deoptan, Pashupatinath is reserved exclusively for Hindu worshipers. Thickly populated with hundreds of rhesus monkeys, regarded by Hindu believers as kin of the gods, sun, and stars- provides the best view of the pagoda’s … Read more
There is no image more evocative of Nepal than the heavy-lidded, summer sky-blue eyes of The Buddha at Swayambhunath temple, near Kathmandu. The heavy-lidded eyes and question mark nose of the Buddha at Swayambhunath temple is, along with the Annapurna skyline, the most evocative image of Nepal. Opposite of swayamphunath temple is Machhpuchhare, the holy … Read more
Buddha the synonym of peace is the laminitis of Buddhism. The adoring of Lord Buddha is the center of attention in the ceremony called Buddha Jayanti. It is celebrated at the end of the day of a bright lunar fortnight of Baishakh month of every year according to the Nepalese calendar. Buddha Jayanti Buddha Jayanti … Read more
Nepali New Year falls in March or April and is celebrated most enthusiastically in Bhaktapur, where it’s known as Bisket Jatra. Bisket (also known as Biska jatra) is a New Year in Nepali calendar, it is celebrated at Baisakh 1st, day of the year on Bikram Sambat (B.S.) Calendar. The celebration of Bisket jatra is assumed to be because … Read more
