Gai Jatra is a festival observed by the people of the Newar community of Nepal, often in the Kathmandu Valley. This Newari festival is celebrated in the month of Bhadra (August – September). The date of Gai Jatra is fixed bya
Every year, in the eve of “Gunlaa Juga Charya-the fourth day of the lunar calendar” around Swayambhu premises during night, there is mystical image of Swayambhu(Sanskrit meaning self arisen) Stupa in sky. We do not know since when this belief get roo
Janai Purnima is a festival for all Nepalese. This day people from Bhraman and Cheetri community change their “janai” (a scared thread ). Similarly people from other communities get tied a “Doro”(sacred colo
Kirtipur. Sa:Paru or Gaijatra is celebrated in most of the places of Nepal. This year it was celebrated on 27th August .In Kirtipur this festival is celebrated in an unique way. Families who have lost their be-loving ones participated in a processio
Muslims pray on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr at Kasimiri mosque in Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, June 05, 2019.This is the tentative date as the actual date is contingent on the sighting of the moon of Shawwal, the 10th month in the Islamic calender.
