KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Kumari, a young girl who is revered by both Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal as a living goddess, left her temple palace and was driven around the center of the capital in a ...

(The Conversation) — Many in Nepal are protesting to bring back the Hindu monarchy, which was dissolved in 2008. A scholar of South Asian religions explains what’s behind these protests. (The ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Once the only Hindu kingdom in the world, Nepal was declared a secular state by its parliament in 2006, and the monarchy was abolished two years later. Now, with a new constitution ...

In the 1760s, Prithvi Narayan Shah raised one rupee from each household and travelled down to Banaras to buy weapons for his military conquests. While there, he saw that the Hinduism practiced even in ...

When Nepal’s youngest prime minister takes the oath Friday after a landslide victory in the recent election, it won’t just be a historic political moment, it will also be a numerological one. Balendra ...

Christianity is among the last religions to come to Nepal, but it continues to rise and shine in the Himalayan Hindu-majority nation despite various levels of persecution. Mount Kailash is believed to ...

The Associated Press / Masks of Hindu deity Lord Bhairabh, dated from the 16th century, that were stolen from the Dolakha district are displayed during a press conference at the Department of ...

Art and science. Buddhism and Hinduism. Religion and medicine. Interdisciplinary education is a hallmark of UAB courses, but two faculty members took that boundary-bending mindset to new heights this ...

Living God Ganesh walks out from the residence of Living Goddess Kumari after performing rituals during Indrajatra festival as the festival was canceled to control the spread of the coronavirus in ...

Over the last weeks, yet another neighbour in the Indian subcontinent has seen political upheaval prompted by inequality, corruption, and authoritarian crackdown. While talks between Nepal’s ‘Gen Z’ ...

Months after a youth-led nationwide protest forced KP Sharma Oli to vacate the Prime Minister's office in Nepal, the country is all set to vote in the national election on March 5. Nepal transitioned ...