Pictures from Nepal - Bouddhanath, Kathmandu, Indra Jatra festival, Kirtipur

Pictures from Nepal - Bouddhanath, Kathmandu, Indra Jatra festival, Kirtipur, cricket

Part 2 / Part 2B / Part 3 / Part 3B / Part 4 / Part 4B


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Located between India and Tibet (Autonomous Region of Tibet, P.R. china), Nepal offers a fantastic array of attractions for visiting tourists. Nepal is best known as the home more to the country than just one mountain, albeit the highest mountain on earth. From the steamy jungles of the plains to the highest point on earth the range of scenery is so diverse and spectacular experience to those who would venture out, on foot, into the hills.
The people of Nepal are a cosmopolitan mixture of many different ethnic groups, some originating from the north and some having migrated from India. Over the centuries, newcomers have integrated into the society and what has evolved is the present mixture of people collectively known as Nepalese. With more than sixty distinct ethnic groups speaking over seventy different languages and dialects and each having its own distinct culture, the experience for visitors to Nepal is unlike that to be found anywhere else.

Add to this a diverse flora and fauna that defies imagination. Vegetation that ranges from Tropical to Alpine, more than eight hundred bird species, endangered animals, and the list goes on.

A well-established tourism industry is geared to meet your every need. From luxury hotels to trekking teahouses. From mountaineering expeditions to trekking, from white water rafting to jungle safaris, there is something for everyone.

Bouddhanath

The stupa of Bouddhanath lies 8km east of Kathmandu.This ancient colossal Stupa is one of the biggest in the world and the center of Tibetan Buddhism in the world. It was listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Monument List in 1979. Here is Losar celebrated by many Tibetan people. You will find many monasteries in the surroundings, that you can visit.

Indra Jatra

(August-September) The festival of Indra, the God of rain, is observed with great enthusiasm in Kathmandu Valley. The festival lasts for eight days. The chariot of Kumari, the Living Goddess, is taken out in procession through the main streets of Kathmandu.The festival is specially noted for the echoes of drums and dancing feet of the masked dancers almost every evening.

 

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Nepal pictures part 1 / part 1B / Part 2 / Part 2B / Part 3 / Part 3B / Part 4 / Part 4B

 

 

 

 

13-06-2009