Last weekend the Nepalese community at Mount Pleasant Complex in the Falkland Islands and their invited guests, celebrated Dashain, traditionally celebrated with prayers and offerings to Durga, the ...

Nepal's biggest religious festival Dashain will bid farewell for this year on October 3rd, Saturday. The day which celebrates the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity, is also known as Kojagrat ...

A Nepalese girl swings in a traditional Dashain Swing during the Dashain festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct. 7, 2013. (Xinhua/Sunil Sharma) A Nepalese girl takes photos of an idol of Goddess Durga ...

People across the country exchange blessings, perform rituals, and receive Tika and Jamara from elders. Nepal is alive with celebrations today as it observes Dashain, a significant Hindu festival ...

Dashain, Nepal's most widely celebrated festival, will conclude this year on October 22, Friday. The fifteen day long celebration honors the goddess Durga; who is symbol of power, prosperity, motherly ...

A person swings on a bamboo swing set up on the occasion of the Dashain Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, 24 October 2023. Bamboo swings, locally known as 'Ping' are set up all over the country by local ...

A Nepalese army band performs on "Fulpati", the seventh day of the Dashain festival, during the biggest Hindu festival Dashain in Kathmandu, Nepal on Oct. 12, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua) Nepalese soldiers ...

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Kathmandu [Nepal], Oct 10, (ANI): The nine-day festival of Bada Dashain began on Wednesday morning amidst the sound of ancient musical instruments and firing of shots in the air by the Nepalese Army, ...