Sunday, July 12, 2015

Rupandehi (Butwal)

Butwal (Nepali: बुटवल) is a small city and the urban core of a rapuidly growing urban agglomerate in Nepal. It lies in Western Development Region, Lumbini Zone in Rupandehi District. It acts as the administrative headquarter for Lumbini Zone. It is situated at the bank of Tilottama River Tinau River. It is located 265 km west of Kathmandu 161...
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Saturday, July 11, 2015

Pokhara- The second capital city of Nepal

Pokhara (Nepali: पोखरा) is a sub-metropolitan municipality and the second largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu, the capital of the nation. Pokhara is the headquarter of Kaski District, Gandaki Zone and the Western Development Region, 200 km west of the capital its altitude varies from 780 m to 1350 m.[1][2] Three out of the ten highest mountains...
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Saturday, June 27, 2015

Visit Lumbini

Lumbini is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Nepal.It is the place where, according to Buddhist tradition,Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama in 623 BCE. Gautama, who achieved nirvana some time around 543 BCE, became the Gautama Buddha and founded Buddhism after achieving Enlightenment. Lumbini is one of many magnets for pilgrimage that sprang up in places pivotal to the life of Gautama Buddha; other notable pilgrimage sites include Kushinagar, Bodh Gaya and Sarnath.Lumbini has a number of...
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Earthquake Nepal Report:

The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 8,800 people and injured more than 23,000. It occurred at 11:56 NST on 25 April, with a magnitude of 7.8Mw[1] or 8.1Ms[2] and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of IX (Violent). Its epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal-Bihar earthquake.The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest,...
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Monday, June 22, 2015

  Introduction:Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country located in South Asia. With an area of 147,181 square kilometres (56,827 sq mi) and a population of approximately 27 million, Nepal is the world's 93rd largest country by land mass and the 41st most populous country. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by China and to the south, east, and west by India. Nepal is separated from Bangladesh by the narrow Indian Siliguri Corridor and from...
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