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Birthplace of Lord Buddha
Nepal is the birthplace of the Light of Asia- Buddha. Siddhartha Gautam (Buddha) was born in 623 B.C. in Kapilvastu, Lumbini, which lies in Nepal. Lumbini is now a sacred place of pilgrimage for Buddhists all over the world.

Nepal’s variation in altitudes is extreme. It boasts the highest valley in the world (Arun) as well as the deepest gorge (Kaligandaki),

The country is located in Himalayas where geographically it is a landlocked territory because its border with Asian giants; in the north by the People’s Republic of China and in the south by India. In contrast with its giant neighbors, Nepal is a small territory, however its wide and diverse variety of territories, extending from the humid wooded plains of the Terai, to the highest and iciest mountain peaks of the earth make this place an extreme world of its own.

Nepal is the birthplace of the Light of Asia- Buddha. Siddhartha Gautam (Buddha) was born in 623 B.C. in Kapilvastu, Lumbini, which lies in Nepal. Lumbini is now a sacred place of pilgrimage for Buddhists all over the world.

Usually, in the eyes of the world Nepal is known for the extreme elevations of its cover, but what few people know that Nepal is an extreme territory both in altitude as depth and we confirm it through the existences of Kali Gandaki canyon with 4,375 meters is the second deepest canyon in the world. This canyon is formed by the Kali Gandaki River located across Himalayas between the largest summits on the planet, both over 8,000 meters high, which are Annapurna and Dhaulagiri.

altitudes ranging from a scant 59 meters to Everest’s world topping 8,848 meters. Chitwan is the world’s tallest grassland.

The highest mountain on earth is named as ‘Everest’ by most Westerners, but actually its original name is not that, since this western-english name was attributed after its discovery by Royal Geographical Society suggested for Sir Andrew Waugh in 1865. However, the locals between China and Nepal attribute different names; Tibetan name (Pinyin) for Mount Everest is Qomolangma, which means ‘The Mother’s universe’ and Nepali is Sagarmatha, which means ‘The heaven’s forehead’ or also by Sherpas (an ethnic group of the Nepal mountain) Chomolungma, which means ‘The mother goddess of earth’, but was not accepted by the Nepali citizens.

altitudes ranging from a scant 59 meters to Everest’s world topping 8,848 meters. Chitwan is the world’s tallest grassland.

Both in their mythology and their geological studies they confirm the capital of Nepal ‘Kathmandu’ was once a lake. Nepalese mythology holds that Manjushri flew to Kathmandu and seeing the huge lake, he cut the Chobham’s crest in half with his mighty sword and drained the waters in order to allow civilization develop in the fertile sacred valley. On the other hand, scientific theory explains that there is ample geological evidence to demonstrate the Kathmandu valley was once a lake but, in contrast to mythology, geologists think the lake was not drained at one time, but in phases over a period of 15,000 years.

Triangular Flag
Nepal is the only country in the world with a non-rectangular flag. Nepal’s flag is maroon colored with two triangular shapes stacked on one another with dark blue border. The upper triangle consists of moon and the lower triangle consists of the sun

The good news is that Nepal is definitely a four seasons destination.

Although Nepali village named ‘Lumbini’ is the Buddha birthplace ‘Siddhartha Gautama’ and the Buddhism foundation, Today the beliefs and practices of Hinduism have had a major impact on Nepalese society. Until 2006, Nepal was the only state in the world with Hinduism as the official religion, where 80.6% of the inhabitants are Hindu, 10,7 % constitute the Buddhists, 4.2% the Muslims and 3.5% other religions according to the census carried out in 2001.

Traveling from the south to the north, in a span of only 100 kilometers you will go from a hot tropical conditions to bone chilling arctic-level cold. The

The current flag has been in place since 1962, although the basic design has been used for over 2,000 years in Nepal.

Nepal has Chitwan National Park (the heart jungle), which is the potential reserve of amazing animals such as the snow leopard, asian rhinoceros, bengal tiger, Ganges dolphin, king cobra, Indian python, red panda, elongated tortoise, monitor lizard, marsh crocodile, and gavials. Faced with the frequent poachers threat, the park has implemented preservation and relocation actions, since this is home of the few remaining populations of Asian one-horned rhinoceros and is one of the last refuges of Bengal tiger.

You can not talk about interesting facts of Nepal without mentioning this character, ‘Yeti’ or ‘Jigou’ by the Himalayas Tibetans, beast which has been analyses as a bipede inclined slightly forward. Although people in some monasteries use to say they have remains belonging to this beast, for many scientists these samples are not reliable, so that only accounts are stories, which describe it as a giant bipedal ape that is believed to be located in the Himalayas wooded areas.

With the variation in altitudes comes a variation in climates.

Independent Nation
The famous warriors in the world- “Gurkhas” are from Nepal. Having been protected by the bravest warriors of the world, Nepal does not have an independent day as it was never colonized by any superpowers of the world.

The Kathmandu Valley is distinguished by its greater contraction of heritage recognized worldwide by UNESCO, which are seven sets of monuments and buildings that represent all Nepalese historical and artistic work, which are the seven sets of monuments and buildings that represent all Nepalese historical and artistic work, On the other hand, Nepal has 4 places recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, owing to this territory is so small also is considered as the country with the greatest concentration of worldwide heritage.

These soldiers from the village of Gurka distinguish themselves by being fierce fighters and serving in special units of the armed forces of the United Kingdom and India. After meeting twice with British East India Company, unleashing the Anglo-Gurkha War from 1814 to 1816 and then the Gurkha rebellion and defeat in Makwanpur in 1816, the British were impressed by the skills and courage of this people, so they were recruited with the permission of Prime Minister Shree Teen Maharajah Jung Bahadur Frog as mercenaries organized in regiments within army of the British East India Company. The Gurkhas are also known for weapons such as the Kukri, which was used in the Anglo-Nepalese War, as well as in the First and Second World Wars.

Nepal’s Kaligandaki River is older than the Himalayas and is the major ecological dividing line between the western and eastern Himalayas.

Living Goddess – Kumari
Nepal has the only living Goddess in the world called Kumari. Kumari literally means virgin in Nepali. There are three different Kumari in three main cities of Kathmandu valley.

In Nepal grow 5,980 flowering plant species including two percent of the world’s orchids (more than 360 species), six percent of the world’s rhododendron species (and it’s Nepal’s national flower), and 250 species endemic to Nepal (and not found growing anywhere else on earth)

Last Hindu Country
Nepal was the last Hindu Country in the world when it was declared secular by the parliament in the year 2006. Although many religion harmoniously co-exist in the country, 81.3 percent of the population in the country follows Hinduism.

Unlike the Gregorian calendar used in the West, the Nepalese calendar or Bikram Sambat includes both elements of the lunar calendar and solar calendar, so yearly the first date of year varies, but it always starts in the first days of April according to the Gregorian calendar, where each year has 354 days, because each lunar month has 29 or 30 days according to the Moon movement, so this calendar has an intercalary month every three years. So the Gregorian year 2018 corresponds to the year 2074 according to the official Bikram Sambat calendar. Although the Nepalese calendar is the official one and the most used in the country, it is not the only one since thanks to the ethnic and religious diversity, some different peoples and castes use their typical calendars.