Author: Himalaya Post

With the financial assistance of India Dharamshala is about to rebuilt

Kathmandu: Dharamshala of Budhanilkantha temple is about to be rebuilt. The dharamshala, which has become dilapidated due to long construction period, is being rebuilt with the financial assistance of the Indian Government. Chief Executive Officer of the National Reconstruction Authority Sushil Gyawali and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Indian Embassy Mrs. Namgy C Khampa have jointly laid the Shilanyas program on Thursday. India has already committed itself to the protection and restoration of Nepal’s cultural heritage. Under this, India has provided assistance for rehabilitation as per the agreement reached between Nepal and India in August 2017. This is the third project under the 28 Cultural Heritage Preservation and Rehabilitation Project, which is being constructed at a total financial cost of Rs 5.8 billion Of Indian...

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On the Occasion of Mahashivratri Bharatanatyam Dance Performed (Photo Feature)

Kathmandu: Bharatanatyam dance has been performed in the area of ​​Pashupati temple on the occasion of Mahashivratri. On the occasion of Mahashivratri, the Embassy of India, Swami Vivekananda Cultural Center, Kathmandu, performed Bharatanatyam dance on the sacred bank of the Bagmati River in front of the Pashupatinath Temple on Thursday evening. Renowned Nepali artists Sulochana Gopali and Sojan Raghuvanshi performed the sacred Bharatanatyam dances of India with their group. In the performance after Pashupatinath Sandhya Aarti, they performed dances including Shiva Tandava, Natesh Kauthubham. It is believed that the cultural presentation will further strengthen the socio-cultural ties between the two countries. The cultural presentation looked like this in the...

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President takes Sankalpa of Mahashivaratri Pooja; festive fervor grips Pashupatinath

Kathmandu- President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Tuesday took a solemn vow (Sankalpa) of worshipping materials of Mahashivaratri at Sheetal Niwas. There is time-honored tradition for the Head of the State to take Sankalpa of worshipping materials on the day of Mahashivaratri every year. After the vow-taking, the festive fervor of Mahashivaratri takes momentum across the country. With this, arrangement has been made for food and fire to the Sadhus thronging to the Pashupatinath Temple premises since Tuesday evening. Chief of Pashupati Goshwara Office Uma Acharya told that food accommodation has been made at Gorakhnath, Ram Temple, Nirmal and Bhashmeswor site of the Pashupati area since this morning while arrangement for holy fire (Dhuni) will be made from this evening. Likewise, arrangement of food and firewood will be made for Sadhus in the areas of Bairagi, Sanyasi, Udasi and Nath community at Thapathali since this morning....

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Bhagarathi murder case: accused remanded to correction center

Baitadi- The District Court Baitadi has remanded Dinesh Bhatta, 16, of Dogadakedar rural municipality 7, Chadepani in Baitadi – who was implicated in the rape and subsequent murder of an adolescent girl to a correction center. Dinesh was accused of taking life of Bhagirathi Bhatta, 17, of the same village after rape. The office of government lawyer on Tuesday had handed him to the court. Baitadi Police Chief and Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Narayan Prasad Adhikari shared that the court had remanded Dinesh to a correction center as the accused was below 18. A single bench of District Court Justice Tilak Bahadur Karki issued the order after hearing on the rape and murder case. Preparation was made to send Dinesh to a correction center in Doti on Wednesday, it is informed. Bhagirathi was found dead in a local Lablek forest on last February 4. After investigation into the incident, the police held Dinesh on February 16. Dinesh had admitted to his involvement in the rape and murder of Bhagirathi....

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