All photos: MONIKA DEUPALAMahashivatri is an auspicious day for all the Hindus around the globe. The festival is observed on a new moon day on…
Girls from the Newa community in Nepal get married at least three times in their lifetime. The first ceremony called Bel Bibaha (‘Ihi’) is where…
KILLING FIELDS: Animal rights advocate Sneha Shrestha (above) feeding buffaloes the night before the slaughter. Activists tried unsuccessfully…
Despite national and international outrage and a Supreme Court ruling against the cruel ritual, Nepal’s Gadimai Mela, the world’s largest mass…
Photos: SNEHA SHRESTHAThe village of Bariyapur in Nepal’s plains is getting ready for the Gadimai Mela despite national and international…
As every year, Hindu devotees from all over the country and neighboring India have gathered to the sacred Pashupatinath Temple for the annual…
Tij has been called a festival of women, and indeed it is a time Nepali women let their hair down, dance their troubles away, visit their…
The buses to Darchula, Baitadi, Doti or Dadelhura were all packed last week for the annual Gaura Festival of womanhood, celebrated in Western…
