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Dashain Celebration
ISMT College Pokhara hosts ‘Dashain Fest’ [Pictures]
ISMT College, located in Naya Gaun-15, of Pokhara, recently organized an entertaining Dashain Festival for its students. The event, dubbed “ISMT Dashain Fest,” was held to celebrate Dashain, one of Nepal’s most significant festivals, and provide entertainment for the student body. The festival featured a special performance by The Jukebox Band, along with various student...
Bronze medalist Palesha receives grand welcome at TIA
Kathmandu, Sept.4: A bronze medal winner Palesha Goverdhan in the ‘2024 Paris Paralympics’ has received a grand welcome from the high officials of the National Sports Council, supporters of Palesha, sports enthusiasts, at the Tribhuvan International Airport on Wednesday morning. Palesha defeated Serbia’s Marija Micev 15-8 in the final to clinch the first-ever medal of...
Culture
Janai Purnima and Raksha Bandhan marked at Bindhyabasini [Photo Feature]
Hindus across the country are observing Janai Purnima and Raksha Bandhan on Monday. Janai Purnima is celebrated every year on the full moon day of the month of Shrawan. Hindu men who wear the sacred thread called janai take a bath in a river or pond in the morning and change their janai. On this...
Foreigners enjoy Holi festival in Pokhara
Kaski, March 24: A large number of foreigners visiting the touristic capital city of Pokhara marked the Holi festival, the festival of colours, on Sunday with a great fanfare. The tourists enjoyed the festival by smearing colours each other at Lakeside area in Pokhara at a programme organized by the Restaurant and Bar Association of...
Gaijatra observed in memory of the departed souls (Photo Feature)
POKHARA, Sept. 01: Members of the Newa community marked the festival of Gaijatra all over the country on Thursday. This is important cultural festival of Nepali society, which saw its origin in the Newari culture. King Pratap Malla’s second eldest son Chakrabartendra died in the year 1512 by small pox epidemic which left the queen...
Video
Nepal’s first animation feature releases music video
KATHMANDU. Aug 10: Nepal’s first animated feature film ‘Shankhadhar Yaa Baakha’ (The Legend of Shankhadhar) has released a promotional music video. The music video was simultaneously released in Nepal, UK and USA. The film written, produced and directed by Sanyukta Shrestha, tells the story of national hero Shankhadar Sakhwa who initiated the Nepal Sambat calendar.  Bishwo...