Hindu devotees perform rituals after a holy bath in the Bagmati river at the Pashupatinath temple to mark the Swasthani festival, in Kathmandu in February 2024. | AFP I first heard the popular ...
On the eve of the 75th anniversary of the arrival of democracy in Nepal, a book titled 'Saat Sal Ko Katha' reflecting this significant context has been launched. The book, originally written in Hindi ...
I first heard the popular “Swasthani Vrata Katha” – a devotional text – recited in Sankhu, a village on the outskirts of Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley, some 25 years ago. The text tells the story, or ...