Portal:Nepal

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Budhanilkantha Temple in Budhanilkantha, Nepal

Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, and India to the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and its largest city. Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious, and multi-cultural state, with Nepali as the official language.

The name "Nepal" is first recorded in texts from the Vedic period of the Indian subcontinent, the era in ancient Nepal when Hinduism was founded, the predominant religion of the country. In the middle of the first millennium BC, Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born in Lumbini in southern Nepal. Parts of northern Nepal were intertwined with the culture of Tibet. The centrally located Kathmandu Valley is intertwined with the culture of Indo-Aryans, and was the seat of the prosperous Newar confederacy known as Nepal Mandala. The Himalayan branch of the ancient Silk Road was dominated by the valley's traders. The cosmopolitan region developed distinct traditional art and architecture. By the 18th century, the Gorkha Kingdom achieved the unification of Nepal. The Shah dynasty established the Kingdom of Nepal and later formed an alliance with the British Empire, under its Rana dynasty of premiers. The country was never colonised but served as a buffer state between Imperial China and British India. Parliamentary democracy was introduced in 1951 but was twice suspended by Nepalese monarchs, in 1960 and 2005. The Nepalese Civil War in the 1990s and early 2000s resulted in the establishment of a secular republic in 2008, ending the world's last Hindu monarchy.

The Constitution of Nepal, adopted in 2015, affirms the country as a federal parliamentary republic divided into seven provinces. Nepal was admitted to the United Nations in 1955, and friendship treaties were signed with India in 1950 and China in 1960. Nepal hosts the permanent secretariat of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), of which it is a founding member. Nepal is also a member of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Bay of Bengal Initiative. (Full article...)

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The Nepalese royal massacre occurred on the night of 1 June 2001, at the Narayanhiti Palace in Kathmandu, the residence of the House of Shah, the royal family of Nepal. During a private gathering of the royal family, Crown Prince Dipendra allegedly shot and killed ten members of his family, including his father King Birendra, his mother Queen Aishwarya, and his younger brother Prince Nirajan, before shooting himself.

Dipendra was declared king while in a coma and died three days later, after which his uncle Gyanendra ascended the throne. The massacre shocked the nation and the world, leading to widespread mourning and confusion. Official investigations concluded that Dipendra was responsible, although conspiracy theories persist about the true events and motivations behind the killings. (Full article...)

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Shah at the Nepalese movie premiere of A Mero Hajur 2 (2017)

Samragyee Rajya Laxmi Shah (Nepali: सम्राज्ञी राज्य लक्ष्मी शाह; born 18 November 1995), credited as Samragyee RL Shah, is a Nepalese film actress who works in Nepali cinema. Shah is the recipient of several awards, including one NFDC National Film Awards and one NEFTA Film Awards.

Shah has starred in numerous Nepali films, including A Mero Hajur 2 (2017), Intu Mintu Londonma (2018), and Rato Tika Nidharma (2019). Shah debuted as an actress in the 2016 romantic drama Dreams, which went on to become a commercial success, and earned several awards for her performance. She is also related to the Nepali royal family. (Full article...)

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A bowl of kwati, a soup in Nepalese cuisine consisting of a mixture of nine types of sprouted beans

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Portrait of Bada (Elder) Amar Singh Thapa Chhetri

Amar Singh Thapa distinguished as Badakaji Amar Singh Thapa(Nepali: बडाकाजी अमर सिंह थापा), or Amar Singh Thapa The Elder, (also spelled Ambar Simha) also known by the honorific name Bada Kaji ("Senior Kaji") or Budha Kaji ("The Old Kaji"), was a Gorkhali military general, governor and warlord in the Kingdom of Nepal. He was the overall commander of the Nepal Army in the conquest of Western Provinces and authoritative ruler of Kumaon, Garhwal in the Kingdom of Nepal. He was referred by the King of Nepal to have been deployed as Mukhtiyar (equivalent to Prime Minister) of Western Provinces of Kumaon, Garhwal. He is often hailed as Living Tiger of Nepal (Nepali: ज्यूँदो बाघ; jyūm̐do bāgha) and led the Anglo-Nepalese War for the Gorkhali Army. Amarsingh Chowk Pokhara and Shree Amarsingh Model Higher Secondary School are named after Amar Singh Thapa. (Full article...)

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Bidya Devi Bhandari Sher Bahadur Deuba Gyanendra of Nepal Balbhadra Kunwar Bhrikuti Prithvi Narayan Shah Tribhuvan of Nepal Nischal Basnet filmography Anuradha Koirala Araniko B. P. Koirala Manisha Koirala filmography Bishnu Majhi Shailaja Acharya KP Sharma Oli

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Dal bhat with eggplants and salad

Dāl bhāt (Bhojpuri: 𑂠𑂰𑂪 𑂦𑂰𑂞, Nepali: दाल भात, Hindi: दाल भात, Bengali: ডাল ভাত, Gujarati: દાળ ભાત, Marathi: डाळ भात, Assamese: দাইল ভাত dāil bhat / দালি ভাত dāli bhāt) is a traditional meal from southern Nepal. It consists of steamed rice and a stew of pulses called dal. It is a staple food in these countries. Bhāt or chāwal means "boiled rice" in a number of Indo-Aryan languages.

At higher elevations in Nepal, above 6,500 feet (2,000 m), where rice does not grow well, other grains such as maize, buckwheat, barley or millet may be substituted in a cooked preparation called dhindo or atho in Nepal. Bhat may be supplemented with roti in Nepal (rounds of unleavened bread). (Full article...)

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Nepalese cuisine Aila (liquor) Jimbu Chunla Newa cuisine Samay Baji Swan Puka Dhindo Chhurpi Chataamari Nepali tea Yomari Gundruk

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The following pages at Wikimedia Commons contain a plethora of images taken in Nepal.

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Wiki Loves Earth 2019 in Nepal

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Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photographic competition to promote cultural monuments around the World through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.

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Provinces

Below is a clickable map of Nepal's Provinces

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The following are images from various Nepal-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Procession of Nepali Hindu Wedding (from Culture of Nepal)
Image 2The old king's palace on a hill in Gorkha (from History of Nepal)
Image 3A family in a Maoist-controlled valley, 2005 (from History of Nepal)
Image 4Procession of Nepali Pahadi Hindu Wedding (from Culture of Nepal)
Image 5A 1905 painting of Nepalese woman (from Culture of Nepal)
Image 6Senior offering Dashain Tika to junior (from Culture of Nepal)
Image 7Statue of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, gilded bronze, Nepal, 16th century CE (from Culture of Nepal)
Image 8Nepali Pahadi Hindu marriage at Narayangadh, Chitawan (from Culture of Nepal)
Image 9Senior offering Dashain Tika on great Nepali Hindu festival at a traditional home. (from Culture of Nepal)
Image 10A Buddhist monastery in southern Nepal. (from Culture of Nepal)
Image 11Women in cultural costume at Ubhauli Kirati festival 2017 at Gough Whitlam Park, Earlwood (from Culture of Nepal)
Image 12Procession of Nepali Hindu Wedding; Groom being carried by a bride brother or relatives (from Culture of Nepal)
Image 13"Nēpāla" in the late Brahmi script, in the Allahabad Pillar inscription of Samudragupta (350-375 CE). (from History of Nepal)
Image 14Costumed Hindu girls of Kathmandu during festival time in Nepal (from Culture of Nepal)
Image 15Nepali traditional Pahadi dress used for dance (from Culture of Nepal)
Image 16Nepali Pahadi groom (from Culture of Nepal)
Image 17Bhakti Thapa leading Gorkha men at Anglo-Nepalese War (from History of Nepal)
Image 18Mohar of king Prithvi Narayan Shah dated Saka Era 1685 (CE 1763) (from History of Nepal)

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