Dashain (Tika and Jamara)

During Dashain, the biggest Hindu festival in Nepal, you get to see people in many parts the country going from one place to another decked up in red, sporting distinctive red splotches of tika (a mixture of vermillion powder, rice and yoghurt) on their foreheads, and displaying their "hair accessory" - the Jamara (barley sprouts).

Without the tika or the jamara, Dashain does not feel like Dashain at all. It will have a emptiness without tika and jamara. The tika is meant to be blessing - an auspicious means of bestowing good fortune, health and long life upon those who get to wear them - by either the eldest member of the house or the house priest. Though it might be a bit messy, the tika not only adds color to the spirit of Dashain but is also a means of showing off how many relatives you have who care and wish for your wellbeing. Similarly, he jamara, like the tika, is indispensable to the festival, In fact, celebrating Dashain without the jamara would be like celebrating Christmas without Christmas tree....

Nepali Agriculture

We all know that Nepal is an Agricultural County. As we know that Nepal is landlocked county Nepalese people has to depend on agriculture. Now a days agriculture has taken a huge place in Nepal. Though nepal doesn't have the high quality of agricultural tools, Nepal is depending on it. Most of the Nepalese people depends on it. Agriculture has been a day to day life of Nepalese people. Agriculture is developing in Nepal rapidly.

Nepali Currency

The rupee is the official currency of Nepal. The present rupee has the ISO 4217 code NPR and is normally abbreviated with the sign Rp. It is subdivided into 100 paisa. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Nepal Rastra Bank. The most commonly used symbolfor the Rupee is Rs or Rp.

History
The rupee was introduced in 1932, replacing the silver mohar at a rate of 2 mohar=1 rupee. Initially, the rupee was called the mohru in Nepalese. Its value was pegged to the Indin rupee in 1993 at a rate of 1.6 Nepalese rupees=1 Indian rupee.

Lumbini

Lumbini is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi district of Nepal. It is the place where Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama, who as the Buddha Gautama founded the Buddhist tradition. The Buddha lived between roughly 563and 483 BCE. Lumbini is one of four mangnets for pilgrimage that sprang up in places pivotal to the life of the Buddha, the others being at Kushinagar, Bodh Gaya,  and Sarnath.
Lumbini is in the foothills of the Himalaya, 25 km east of the municipality of Kapilvastu, where the Buddha is said to have lived till the age of 29. Kapilvastu is the name of the place in question as well as of the neighbouring district. Lumbini has a number of temples, including the Mayadevi temple, and others under construction. Also here is the Puskarini or Holy Pond – where the Buddha’s mother took the ritual dip prior to his birth and where he, too, had his first bath – as well as the remains of Kapilvastu palace. At other sitesnear Lumbini, earlier Buddhas were, according to tradition, Born, achieved ultimate awakening and finally relinquished earthly form.

Sagarmatha

The highest peak of the world Sagarmatha also called as Mount Everest lies in Nepal... The height of this Mount Everest (Sagarmatha) is 8848 metres, (29,029 ft) above the sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas on  the Nepal. The Highest peak of Nepal Sagarmatha is also located in 7 wonders of the World. Many visitors and climbers comes to Nepal to see the Sagarmatha or for climbing. It has attracted many people of the world. Sagarmatha is not only the public property of Nepal but it has been for whole world. While you got to see this Mount everest you will forget all your sorrows and pains and smile seeing it. This is one of the wonderful natural gift of Nature.

Nepal...

Nepal is one of the smallest country in the world that has got 5 development regions and 75 districts. In Nepal there are different kinds of Culture, Religion and has got different languages. Different peoples lives in Nepal. In Nepal there is Himalayan, Hilly and terai region. Nepal is very popular in Nature Beauty. It has got different sites that are fit for tourism. Many different tourists comes to Nepal for visiting to look the Natural Beauty. There are different places.. The places are like Pokhara, annapurna, and also The highest peak of the world Sagarmatha lies in Nepal....

Adventure Activitises In Nepal

Bunjee Jumping
If you thought that bungee jumping is restricted to some locations in North America, Europe, and New Zealand, kick off that coffin lid and get an update. The sport has found a natural home for itself in the highest and most magnificent mountain range in the world. The ultimate thrill of a bungee jump can now be experienced in Nepal at one of the best sites that this sport can boast of anywhere in the world.
The Bhote Koshi, one of the world’s wildest raging rivers, rushes down from the heights of the Himalayas. It roughly translates as `river from Tibet’ and so there are a lot of rivers that go by this name in Nepal. This Bhote Koshi is the main tributary of the Sun Koshi and is followed by the Arniko highway from Kathmandu to Lhasa. Nepal’s first Bungee jumping site is situated 160 m over this river, inviting you to experience the ultimate adrenaline rush in the surroundings of this amazing place.
Jump! A bungee jumping trip can be arranged on arrival in Kathmandu. As of now, there is only one agency offering this sport. The site is located close to the Nepal-Tibet border and is a three-hour bus ride from Kathmandu. The jump, at 160 m, was designed by one of New Zealand’s leading Bungee consultants and is staffed and operated by some of the most experienced western jump masters in the business. The jump has an impeccable record and no mishap has occurred at the site. The agency takes safety `very, very seriously’.
Paragliding
Paragliding in Nepal can be a truly wonderful and fulfilling experience for the adventure seeking. Experience unparalleled scenic grandeur as you share airspace with Himalayan griffin vultures, eagles, kites and float over villages, monasteries, temples, lakes and jungle, with a fantastic view of the majestic Himalayas.
The last three years have seen the activity flourish in Pokhara and it now is an internationally recognized destination for free-flight enthusiasts.Paragliding is a relatively new adventure sport in Nepal, and little information is available in tourist guidebooks.
   Mountain Biking
Nepal offers a challenging and pleasant scenic ride from the tropical plains of terai, mid-hills, mountainous terrain and its lush valleys to the arctic climate of the high alpine region. The only way to discover these hidden treasures and its warm ever-smiling people is on mountain bikes. Mountain biking is a great fun and a perfect way to discover Nepal's great diverse landscape, of tremendous terrain, tracks and trails. Where mountain bike takes you away from the hustle bustle of the city-town life into serene country life, on a hidden trail rarely visited area of local villages, its traditional rural life style that has preserved for centuries.

Trekking In Nepal

In Nepal, normally there are four seasons, but trekking in nepal can be undertaken at any time of year. There are many places which can attract everyone eyes and win every hearts. Many places are very wonderful and beautiful in Nepal. Trekking in Nepal is eventful experience as you explore through its physical and cultural planes. You can choose your destination from the provided packages. You can do single day trip to extensive.Our flexible trekking programs allows you to explore Nepal in depth, it’s temples and monasteries, it’s different ethnic groups, it’s flora and fauna and not to forget it’s enchanting natural beauty.
There are many places in Nepal where you can trek:
Everest Treks
Annapurna Treks
Langtang Treks
Dolpa Treks 
Dhaulagiri Treks
Dolkha Tres, and many more.
In our country Nepal, you can experience many types of adventures. You can trek, raft, and many more. Many people just come to Nepal for Trekking and Rafting. People can enjoy the sceenery and sites of Nepal. As we have to say "Nepal is Very Rich In Nature".

Places to See In Nepal

Annapurna
It is in western part of Nepal. The Annapurna Conservation Area Project, Nepal's largest conservation covering over 7600sq. km protects this area. Annapurna is the world's most popular region for unique scenes and a meditative glimpse of SHANGRI-LA.
Bandipur
Located on a 1,000m ridge in Tanhu district some 140km from Kathmandu, Bandipur's hallmark is its beautiful scenery. Bandipur is a part of western Nepal.
At the eastern part of the town is the pagoda-roofed Bindabasini temple which huses goddess Durga, Bandipur's guadian deity . The rich wooden carvings and detailed brass-work that adorn the temple are replicas of those found in the many old pagoda structures of the Kathmandu Valley.
Chitwan
Chitwan is one of the finest national Parks in Asia, renowned for its dense concentration of wildlife and top class tourist lodges, which provides the opportunity to see animals in their natural habitat.
Dhulikhel
Dhulikhel has a glorious past which can be seen in the lovely buildings and intricate wood carvings in the shop-lined streets and temples. Plesant climate (even during summer) is big attraction at dhulikhel.
Everest
The Khumbu region of Nepal is one of the best-known treks in the world. This is the land of the Sherpa people and the world's great 8,000 meter peaks. Many trekkers walk in from the roadhead at Jiri, through the lovely rolling hills of the Solu region. Others fly in to the village of Lukla to start their trek.
Gorkha
Gorkha is the birthplace of King Prithvi Narayan Shah the Great, the founder of modern Nepal. The great King Prithvi Narayan Shah unifying the Nepal in the eighteenth century and Gorkha soldiers under his dynamic leadership eventually succeeded in conquering the Kathmandu valley. Since the capital of Nepal was shifted to Kathmandu. But this beautiful township has always remained as the center of attraction for many Nepalese as well as foreign visitors.
Kathmandu
The valley is situated at an altitude of 1,336 m above sea level and covers an area of 218.sq. miles. The rich tapestry of the cultural heritage of Nepal is synthesized in the Kathmandu Valley, the home of the ancient and sophisticated Newari culture. The Newars are the indigenous inhabitants of the valley and the creators of the splendid civilization of its three cities - Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur. The skillfully built temples and palaces, delicately engraved stone and metal images, carved wooden columns and pillars, and the history laden shrines and chaityas of these three historical cities stand testimony to the Newars's artistic achievements.

Kathmandu (Capital City Of Nepal)

Kathmandu is the capital and largest city of Nepal. It is situated in a valley in the heart of Nepal. The entire terrain of Kathmandu is like a steep incline, descending from the Himalayan heights to the Terai flatland within a short distance.
Kathmandu is truly the heart of the Himalayas, it has a wonderful history that goes back to about two hundred years and a very refined culture, the richest of all in Asia. Kathmandu attracts many tourists all year round, and it is not only just a tourist destination it is also an important business hub and a sacred place for pilgrims.Many visitors comes to Nepal to visit this country because it has got a lot of historical places, and also different peoples lives here. So, we can get all types of people following different culture, religion, etc.

It is said that Kathmandu was found by King Gun Kamdev in A.D 723. In the past, the area was a lake in the past, but Manjushri, a disciple of the Shakyamuni Buddha, cut open a hill to the south and allowed the water to flow out, making the region habitable. The origin of the present name is unclear, but one of the more likely theories is that it was named after Kastha-Mandap ("temple of wood" in Sanskrit), after a pagoda carved from the single tree on the order of King Lakshmi Narasingha Malla in 1596.

Nepali Culture

Nepal is blessed with a rich cultural heritage. Culture has been called 'the way of life for an entire society'. The statement holds particularly true in case of Nepal where every aspect of life, food, clothing and even occupations are culturally classified. In a society so feudalistic and so fractured across class lines, cultural heritage comes as a fresh wind. The culture of Nepal includes the codes of manners, dress, language, rituals, norms of behavior and systems of belief. The culture of Nepal is a unique combination of tradition and novelty. The traditions are followed as they were and new customs are created to keep pace with the changing times. It is surprising to note that a country as poor, illiterate and backward as Nepal displays such flexibility when it come to incorporating traits from other cultures. Culture in Nepal is an assemblage of music, architecture, religion and literature. The mountain kingdom of Nepal is multi-ethic and multi-lingual. The land is rich with unique cultural groups like Tharu,Yadav, Ahir, Newars and others. Nepal's food is surprisingly dull given that it lies at the intersection of the two great gastronomic giants India and China. Most of the time meals consist of a dish called dhal-bhat-tarkari that is a combination of lentil soup, rice and curried vegetables. It can hardly be considered, a dynamic national cuisine. On the other hand, Nepal has adapted famously to Western tastes, markedly evident in Katmandu's smorgasbord of menus: Mexican tacos; Japanese sukiyaki; Thai chocolate; Chinese marshmallows; onion and minestrone soup; borscht, quiche and soy burgers; and some of the best desserts - apple and lemon pies, almond layer cakes, fruit cakes - found anywhere in the world.

Nepli Language

Nepali is an Indo-Aryan language with around 17 million speakers in Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and India. Nepali was originally known as Khas Kurā and was the language of the Khasa kingdom, which ruled over the foothills of what is now Nepal during the 13th and 14th centuries.
Nepali first started to be used in writing during the 12th century AD. It is written with the Devanāgarī alphabet, which developed from the Brahmi script in the 11th century AD.

People Of Nepal

The Kingdom of Nepal is ethnically diverse. The Nepalese are descendants of three major migrations. These migrations have taken place from India, Tibet, and Central Asia. Among the earliest inhabitants were the Newar of the Kathmandu Valley and aboriginal Tharu in the southern Tarai region. The ancestors of the Brahman and Chetri caste groups came from India, while other ethnic groups trace their origins to Central Asia and Tibet, including the Gurung and Magar in the west, Rai and Limbu in the east, and Sherpa and Bhotia in the north.
In the Tarai, which is a part of the Ganges basin, much of the population is physically and culturally similar to the Indo-Aryan people of northern India. People of Indo-Aryan and Mongoloid stock live in the hill region. The mountainous highlands are sparsely populated. Kathmandu Valley, in the middle hill region, constitutes a small fraction of the nation's area but is the most densely populated, with almost 5% of the population.
Nepal's 2001 census enumerated 103 distinct caste/ethnic groups including an "unidentified group". The caste system of Nepal is rooted in the Hindu religion while the ethnic system is rooted in mutually exclusive origin myths, historical mutual seclusion and the occasional state intervention.

History Of Nepal

The first civilizations in Nepal, which flourished around the 6th century B.C. were confined to the fertile Kathmandu Valley where the present-day capital of the same name is located. It was in this region that Prince Siddhartha Gautama was born on 563 B.C. Gautama achieved enlightenment as Buddha and spawned Buddhism.
Nepali rulers' early patronage of Buddhism largely gave way to Hinduism, reflecting the increased influence of India, around the 12th century. Though the successive dynasties of the Gopalas, the Kiratis, and the Licchavis expanded their rule, it was not until the reign of the Malla kings from 1200–1769 that Nepal assumed the approximate dimensions of the modern state.
The kingdom of Nepal was unified in 1768 by King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who had fled India following the Moghul conquests of the subcontinent. Under Shah and his successors, Nepal's borders expanded as far west as Kashmir and as far east as Sikkim (now part of India). A commercial treaty was signed with Britain in 1792 and again in 1816 after more than a year of hostilities with the British East India Company.

Nepal

Nepal is a one of the land locked country of this world which is located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the North by the People's Republic of China, and to the South, East and West by th Republic of India. It is a small country with an area of 147,181 square kilometers (56,826 sq mi) and a population of approximately 30 million. Kathmandu is the Capital City and the country's largest metropolis. Nepal is the world's 93rd largest country by land mass and the 41st most popular country. Nepal has got a rich geography. The mountainous north has eight of the worlds ten tallest mountains, including the highest peak of the world, Sagarmatha (Mount Everest). Hinduism is the most practised religion in Nepal than any other nations. Buddhism is also one of the religion practised in Nepal. Many of the people do not distinguish between Hinduism and Buddhism and follow both religious traditions. There are 3 different buddhist traditions: Himalayan Buddhism, Buddhism of Kathmandu Valley, and also the Therevada Buddhism. A monarchy throughout most of its history, Nepal was ruled by the Shah Dynasty of kingts from 1768, when Prithivi Narayan Shah united its many small kingdoms. However, a decade-long Civil War by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and severel weeks of mass protest by all major political parties led to the 12 point agreement of November 22, 2005. The ensuing elections for the constituent assembly on May 28, 2008 overwhelmingly favoured the abdiction of the Nepali monarch Gynandra Shah and the establishment of the federal multipary representative democratic republic. The first President of Nepal is Ram Baran Yadav.