Nepal’s Shivaratri festival draws huge crowds to Kathmandu as holy men and devotees openly smoke cannabis as part of worship ...

KATHMANDU, (IANS) – Nepal is witnessing a growing call for the restoration of the Hindu state. The erstwhile Hindu state adopted a federal, secular, and democratic identity in 2008. The changes took ...

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Members of the Rashtriya Prajatantra Party demonstrate to demand the restoration of Nepal’s constitutional monarchy and Hindu state (Sipa photo by Prabin Ranabhat via AP Images). This emergence of ...

Thousands of Hindu devotees flocked to the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu to celebrate Mahashivaratri. The sacred festival, dedicated to Lord Shiva, saw worshippers participating in rituals and ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered at a revered temple in Nepal’s capital on Wednesday to celebrate one of the country’s biggest religious festivals. In the Bankali ...

KATMANDÚ, Nepal (AP) — Religiosos y devotos hindúes, en su mayoría jóvenes, fumaban abiertamente cannabis el domingo durante ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The old palace in the heart of Nepal's Kathmandu was packed to the brim as tens of thousands of devotees celebrated the beginning of the monthslong festival season on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, NepalKATHMANDU, Nepal — Thousands of Indian pilgrims arrive at daybreak at Pashupatinath, the most revered Hindu temple in Nepal, after traveling long distances in buses. Hawkers greet them ...

Brahma at the Erawan Shrine, which is dedicated to the Hindu god Brahma, the creator. If people are in deep anguish, Erawan Shrine is where they can pray to Brahma for their wishes to be granted. All ...

In August of this year, a group of people led by former Nepal Army General Rookmangud Katawal launched a campaign for the restoration of Nepal as a Hindu state. Dubbed the Hindu Rastra Swabhiman ...