Nine-year-old Bhintuna sat smiling in jewellery and a red and gold brocade bridal dress as she held a tray of offerings, waiting for her turn to take part in the ritual that would wed her to a god.

The ceremonial dressing, a ritualistic appropriation of the soul of the dead king, was followed by a meal of 84 delicacies laced with bone marrow, Nepalnews, a Nepali Web site reported.

It's a big day for nine-year-old Nepali schoolgirl Riddhima Shrestha and her three-year-old sister, Ishita, as they dress up in silk brocade and gold jewellery, preparing to wed a Hindu god. The ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal--More than 300 disaster response professionals from 14 countries met in Kathmandu for the Nepal Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (DREE) opening ceremony ...

Hobart’s Nepali community welcomed the Nepali New Year with a flag hoisting ceremony organised by the City of Hobart together with the Nepali Society of Tasmania (NEST) at Hobart Town Hall on ...

KATHMANDU, July 15 -- The swearing-in ceremony for Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been postponed due to failure of Nepali Congress (NC) to finalize the names of its ministers to join the ...

Nepali climbers who made history at the weekend by becoming the first to summit the world's second-highest mountain in winter told on Wednesday how they battled hurricane-force winds and freezing ...