Myagdi : Nepal has dispatched two Shaligram stones to India's Ayodhya for the construction of idols of Ram and Janaki expected to be placed in the main temple complex of the under-construction Ram Mandir. Lord Ram is the incarnation of Bhagwan Vishnu which is why the stone from Kali Gandaki River, if available, would be very good to make Ram …
As a brand new train chugged into Janakpur Dham station in Nepal, it brought to an end the wait for hundreds of people for the first modern railway in the Himalayan country. Nepal’s Janakpur locals rejoice as they welcome a modern train after nearly a decade The trial for Nepal’s first broad-gauge railway service in Janakpur began on Friday with …
Photos by Prabhat R Jha | Text by Suryasarathi Bhattacharya When Manjula was 12, her grandfather had invited a visitor to come and meet her. Like Manjula, a lot of women in Janakpur have found a new lease of life, full of hope, optimism and self-worth, by taking to the region’s ancient traditional art of Mithila painting. “We had our …
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