Tihar

Tihar is one the interesting festival in Nepal. This festival will celebrate between October to November. It will celebrate up to five days.First day people will worship to the Crow because crow is as a messenger that brings the News.Second day people will worship to the Dog.Because is also one kind of obedient animal & as a guarf of house. third day is known as Laxmi puja means the Goddess of wealth as Hinduism concept to the Goddess of wealth called Laxmi mata including the same day people will worship aslo to the Cow because Cow is the Symbol of Mother in Hinduism that's why the Government Keep it as a National animal of Nepal.In this day people will Clean the Houses,shops & factories will decorate.At the night people will burn the candle all over the country.

Fourth day in Newari Community the Mha Puja is one of the main day.Mha means the body of human being.It is known as body worship day. In this day Newari Communities New year Known as Nepal Sambat and the fifth day means last day people will worship Bhai Tika as brother sister worship day.At that day all the sister will pray with the Life God for their longlife, good progress and for the good health and of course wealth too.

Holi (colour festival)

Holi is colour festival and enjoyable festival in Nepal. It lies on late February or an early March month. This festival is named by mythical demoness Holika,it is a day when feast of colours is celebrated a week. This festival is also known as phagu Purnima.Phagu is known as sacred red powder and Purnima is known as the full moon day, on which the festival ends.Holi symbolized that it welcome the spring season. People are enjoy by the playing with colour and water balloons ( Lolas )whether youthful throwing to the ladies. Families and friends are gathering at one place and celebrate this festival with a lot of fun and enjoy. Indian community such as Marwari class who have settle down in Nepal for centuries and the Terai people celebrate it a day later with own way with colour only.
Holi is related with the Hindu religion, which this festival is origin from the India, but in Nepal this festival is celebrated from the ancient period of time. By the history of Nepal,it was celebrate from Malla King Gunkamadev ,from the Newar community Sayami ( community of Manandhar caste )installation of the ceremonial pole called " Chir "known as bamboo pole, fringed with strip of cloth representing good luck charms at Hanumandhoka ,Kathmandu every year.Holi is formally starts and celebrate up to a week. It symbolized the tree on which Lord Krishna hung the milkmaids' garments while they are bathing, unseen as they thought in the Jamuna River of northern India. At end of which Chir is taken to a bonfire.
According to mythological following Holi to make merry that devil named Holika together with her brother,an atheist King by the named of Hiranyakasyapu conspired way to kill his son Pralhad because pralhad was an ardent devotees of Lord Vishnu. By this attempts always failed for Lord Vishnu preserve those who love him. At last Holika who have received a blessing from Lord Bramha to be free infection pf fire, jump in with Pralhad but Brahma blessing could only be used for purpose and so Holika was consumed by fire where as Prahlad was saved by the grace of the Gods. After that Holi is said to be celebrated to rejoice Holika's extermination and the traditional bonfires are believed to commemorate her death. According to next story from the Puranas and Bhagvat,Kansa sent a female demon named Putna to his nephew Lord Krishna. Taking the form of nurse Putna went to Vrindaban where the child Lord was growing up and tried to feed him her poisonous milk but the attempt back fired and she was killed.The body was burnt on the night of Holi,so that Holi is celebrate is also called festival of fire.Holi is for everyone for fun and enjoy.

Mahashivaratri

Mahashivaratri is the festival of Lord Shiva ,known as Lord of the Lord. It lies in the Falgun or February to March in Gregorian. According to sacred book of Hindus religion it has been started that Mountain Kailash in the Himalayas is the abode of Lord Shiva .Lord Shiva is Destroyer of evil.People are mostly praised and worshipped of the God sin the Hindu religious. Hindu are all over the world named him as various forms and commonly named as Lord Shive or Mahadev.Lord Shiva is also indicate as Shiva Linga which is phallus of Lord Shiva.It is the Hindus community regard as the symbol of creation and beginning.
Mahashivaratri is celebrates not only in Nepal all over the world.Mahashivaratri is the night of Lord Shiva when he was created by his own Divine Grace and Hindus.Mahashivaratri,ratri is known as night of venerable to Shiva. The temple of Pashupatinath is located at near the Gaushala eastern part of Katmandu valley banks of river Bagmati,which is holiest shrine. This festival is worship more than one hundred thousand worshipper during this festival. These worshipper ar e come from various place and wide to pay their respect and homage Mahadev on this day.Pashupatinath ,which is called ' The Lord Of Animal ' which is Pashupatinath .In this area only Hindus are permitted to view this festival from across the Bagmati river.Mahashivaratri is festival for all Hindus pilgrims and Yogis is called holgman from Southeast Asia come to Katmandu a week before for celebrate this festival. In this day worship. In this holy day devotees and non devotees are freely smoking intoxicating material such as bhang,dhaturo and marijuana. This is known as Prasad of Lord Shiva.
In the Mahashivaratri festival Pashupatinath temple is filled with many more worshipper. Devotees are as poor or rich but treated equally for Lord Shiva treats us all equally. In this festival more than thousands gather to celebrate this festival , so that it indicate festival of Mahashivaratri devocation and faith of Nepalese community. In this festival every house cook Haluwa, is known as sweet delicious food

Festivals Of Nepal

Nepal is Land Of Mountains ,also the land of multi festivals.In Nepal every year more than 50 festivals will celebrate.Napal's nationals festival are set by astrologers following the lunar (patra) calender .The best part of the vestivals in Nepal's events are celebrated with the same enthusiasm and galore the way used tobe from anciant time ,when people had no other entertainment at that time.
The Festivals are :
National New Year:
It is known as Navabarsha in Nepal .It has its official calender that begging from the first day is observed as Nepali New Year Wish Falls in 2nd of April .at that time diff rent diff rent part of Nepal has won festivals.like in Bhaktapur ;Biskate Jatra,Bag Dwar mella ,Sapat Tirtha,etc

And other festivals are like Newari New Year known As (Nepal Sambat)Nhugudanya Bhintuna This is Nepal's Second New Year When Most of Newari community Will Celebrate a ritual of worshipping own body and soul and life.On this day and the festivals will end s with bhai tika (brother's day) when their sisters worship their brother for long and healthy life to safeguard the lives of their .this is also known as Gambling festival even in Nepal has illegal to gambling ,but at the moment of festival every body can enjoy their self even they can gambling freely.

Nepal's Geography

Nepal has measures about eight hundreds kilometers along its Himalayan axis by 150 to 250 kilometers across with 147,181 square kilometers .It has slightly outrank Bangladesh OR THE STATE OF Arkansas .Nepal is landlocked by India on three sides and China's Xizang Autonomous region(Tibet) to the north .West Bengal's narrow Siliguri Corridor or Sikkim .Presently part of India and Bhutan .Nepal depends on India for transit facilities and access to the sea of the Bay Of Bengal .Even for the most goods imported from China.


CONTENTS

1. 1. the Land

a.The Terai Region
b.The Hill Region
c.The Mountain Region

1. 2.Climate
2. 3.River System
3. 1.River Management
4. 4.Area and boundaries
5. Resources and land use
6. Forests
7. Environmental concerns
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9. References
10. See also
11. Externals Links
    
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Continent Asia
Region Southern Asia
Indian subcontinent
Coordinates 33N80'E
Ranked 93rd
147.181 km 2 (56,826,9sq mi)
92.94%land
7.06%water

Borders Total lands borders
2,926km(??miles)
China(PRC):
1,236km (??miles)India
1.390km(1.050miles)

Highest point Mount Everest
8,848m(29,028)ft

Longest River Karnali

Largest Lake Rara Lake