President Ramchandra Paudel and First Lady Sabita Paudel performed rituals at Gaurighat on Sunday, joining devotees ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Thousands of Indian pilgrims arrive at daybreak at Pashupatinath, the most revered Hindu temple in Nepal, after traveling long distances in buses. Hawkers greet them with hot ...

Butchers kill buffalo during a mass slaughter of the animals for the Gadhimai festival in Nepal. Getty Images A temple in southern Nepal known for the mass slaughter of animals at a festival there ...

KATHMANDU, NepalKATHMANDU, Nepal — Hundreds of thousands of devotees crowded a revered Hindu temple in Nepal’s capital for a festival on Tuesday as coronavirus cases decline and life returns to normal ...

KATMANDU, Nepal – Archaeologists in Nepal say they have discovered traces of a wooden structure dating from the sixth century B.C. that they believe is the world’s oldest Buddhist shrine. Kosh Prasad ...

KATHMANDU, (Reuters) A temple in southern Nepal known for the mass slaughter of animals at a festival there every five years has indefinitely banned animal sacrifice, India’s Humane Society ...

New Year in Nepal is off to a bumpy start. Adding to the energy crisis, the country is now entangled in a row involving one of Hinduism’s holiest shrines -Pashupatinath. At the heart of the dispute is ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - At least 15,000 buffalo and "countless" goats and birds were sacrificed in a temple in southern Nepal, organisers said Wednesday, a ritual billed as the single biggest animal ...