Heritage

Nepal is a country endowed with a rich cultural heritage and this is a fact known to all of us. But Amrit Ratna Shakya, wants the whole world...

Cultural objects in the form of art, manuscripts, coins, statues, paintings and even traditional buildings have fascinated mankind, with respect to the creativity, skill and technology of their ancestors. Throughout...

This beautiful, historic palace celebrate twenty years of its new life as a museum, and is worth a visit today as much as ever! Born out of...

The Nava Durgas Among the countless number of deities in the Hindu pantheon, the mother goddesses are a class apart. Dashain, the greatest festival of Hindus...

Raise it Up, Let’s Build it Again Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking at length with Mani Lama, a descendent of the original Chinia...

A Journey to Salvation We had our breakfast in 'Yak Donald's', Nepal's answer to McDonald's, and saw the early morning sun kissing the cold hard mountain as...

Nepal's monsoon season on display in New York. Festivals have been a part of the Nepali culture since the times they have been inscribed in stone, leaves, barks of...

Gaijatra was started to show a queen that she wasn’t the only one to lose a loved one. Today it continues to help people who have lost their own realize...

Kumari Puja literally means worship of the virgin. And that is all there is to it – to the casual onlooker. If one looks deeper, however, one will find a...

On January 30, the Cultural Studies Group of Nepal (CSGN) organized its first monthly lecture of 2013 at the Shanker Hotel. The topic was alluring: Archaeological work in Lumbini, the...

A team of artists and non artists in Patan come together to produce beautiful art that is part of their culture and community I always get lost in Patan, can’t...

If you look for Kathmandu on Google Earth, one historical monument will stand out distinctly. You will see a green patch amidst a chaotic maze of buildings and as you...