Mero Dhangadhi

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Prithvi Narayan Shah’s Victory over Kantipur

The Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah is receiving tika at a platform in Basantapur after having attacked and conquered Kathmandu without any blood-shed in the midhnight of the Indra Jatra (chariot festival of the living goddess Kumari) in 1768 A.D. Through this tika, he is acquiring legitimacy as the new King of Kathmandu and giving continuity to the Kumari festival. The victorious army of the Gorkha King is deployed around for security. Several attractions of the Indra Jatra festival such as the musical bands, Mahakali Dance, Lakhe Dance, Tanakisi (an elephant figure), the tantrik Bajracharya priests clad in traditional attire and the presence of innumerous spectators have added to the liveliness of the occasion.

Painting by artist Hari Prasad Sharma ©

thisfunnyburger:

Cutie under canopy. 

dispirits:

Western Nepal. By Pawel Bienkowski.

eocene:

“Eruption” of Manaslu (8,156 m) by Anton Jankovoy (www.jankovoy.com) on Flickr.

dispatchesandthoughts:

Photo: CU

Earlier this year, a 17-year-old girl in Mahottari’s Bairganiya village was raped by 25-year-old Ranjit Das who also filmed the incident and circulated the minute-long video via mobile and YouTube. When local authorities were informed about the crime, instead of punishing the accused, they collaborated with local bigwigs to force the victim to marry the perpetrator. Das is now in custody, but the video is being sold from phone to phone, and has even reached Nepalis in Qatar and Malaysia.

According to Police chief Pradip Kandel: “It is not possible to deliver justice in all rape cases.Sometimes we need to find an alternative mechanism.” 

To read more about how the local police and authorities are responding to the epidemic levels of rape in the Tarai District, click here. 

Everyone needs to open their eyes and see that cases like these don’t just happen in Delhi. It’s happening all around us. Spread awareness and put pressure on the leaders to step up and do their jobs properly. 

freddie-photography:

Barren Mountains - Nepal

By Frederick Ardley

thenmyrasaid:

The Himalayas, Nepal

Machapuchhre (Fishtail) mountain. Nepal. 

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