Nepal: Kathmandu soaks in colours of Holi celebration

Mar 24, 2024

Foreigners also joined the celebration in Basantapur Durbar Square, a common place for Kathmanduites to gather and celebrate the festival of colors. Basantapur or...

LGBTQ community of Nepal demands recognition as they observe Pride Day

Aug 23, 2021

Kathmandu [Nepal], August 24 : Members of the LGBTQ+ community in Nepal gathered at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu to observe Pride Day on...

Nepal's Taleju Bhawani temple open doors for the year, sacrifice for Dashain enters final day

Oct 01, 2025

Devotees stood in line stretching to all the possible corner and turnings circumnutating the Basantapur Durbar Square while he-goat and he-buffalo continued to be...

Indra Jatra: Nepali festival where living deities go on tour of city

Sep 10, 2022

Kathmandu [Nepal], September 10 : Thousands of devotees poured into the premises of Basantapur Durbar Square on the occasion of Indra Jatra, one of...

Devotees celebrate Gai Jatra in Kathmandu for the salvation of departed souls

Aug 23, 2021

Kathmandu [Nepal], August 23 : Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Basantapur Durbar Square on Monday was packed with devotees who came to take part...

Nepal: Flowers palanquin arrives in Kathmandu during fortnightly festival of Dashain

Oct 21, 2023

A palanquin containing flowers and other offerings commonly called the Phulpati arrived at the courtyard of Basantapur Durbar Square's Dashain Ghar from Gorkha Durbar...