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Animal worship
Animal worship (or zoolatry) refers to rituals involving animals, such as the glorification of animal deities or animal sacrifice.
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Ashvin
Ashvin or Ashwin (आश्विन, असोज, আশ্বিন; अश्विन; Malay/Indonesian: Aswin; Thai: Asawin), also known as Aswayuja, is the seventh month of the lunisolar Hindu calendar, the Vikram Samvat, which is the official solar calendar of Nepal and the parts of India.
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Barahachhetra Municipality
Barahachhetra Municipality (बराहक्षेत्र नगरपालिका) is a newly formed municipality located in Sunsari District of Province No. 1 in Nepal.
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Bhagwati Temple
Bhagwati Temple (Nepali language: भगवती मन्दिर) is a famous Hindu temple situated in the heart of Rajbiraj, Saptari.
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Bhai Dooj
Bhai Dooj (भाई दूज) / Bhau-Beej / Bhai Tika / Bhai Phonta (ভাইফোঁটা) is a festival celebrated by Hindus of the Indian subcontinent, notably India and Nepal, on the second lunar day of Shukla Paksha (bright fortnight) in the Vikram Samvat Hindu calendar month of Kartika.
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Bhailo
Bhailo and Deusi Re are traditional songs that are sung during the festival of light Dipavali and also called "Tihar" in Nepal.
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Bhalwari
Bhalwari is a small town in the Rupendehi district in Nepal settled between two larger towns – Butwal and Bhairahawa.
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Biratnagar
Biratnagar (Devanāgarī: विराटनगर), the of Nepal) is a metropolitan city and the interim capital of the Province No. 1 of Nepal. It is currently the second most densely populated (after Kathmandu) and the fourth most populous city of Nepal, with a population of 240,000. Biratnagar has been the most politically active city of Nepal, gifting a subtotal of five prime ministers along with hosting some of the most revolutionary incidents (the first anti-Rana movement, the first plane hijack, the castle for Nepali Congress, etc.) in the modern history of Nepal. The city has a total area of 29.9 mi² (77.5 km²), a geographical location of 26°28'60"N 87°16'60"E. and is located in the Morang District (in the previous Koshi Zone) of the eastern-most Terai region of Nepal. It lies 399 km east of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, and 6 km north of the Jogbani border of the Indian state of Bihar. Biratnagar was declared a metropolitan on May 22, 2017 along with Birgunj. It stands to be the third most populated metropolitan city after the urban agglomeration of Kathmandu and the Pokhara Lekhnath. The upgradation to the metropolis was witnessed via the addition of Tankisinuwari and Jahada-3 to the previous submetropolitian, pushing the total population to 240,000 (approx.) from 214,000. The city has been home to the Biratnagar Jute Mills, the first large scale industry of Nepal. Named after King Virata (the in-law of Arjuna), the city serves as the entrance point to a manifold of majestic destinations of Eastern Nepal.
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Birtamod
Birtamod (Nepali: बिर्तामोड नगरपालिका) is a municipality in Jhapa District of Nepal.
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Buddhabatika
Buddhabatika is a Municipality in Kapilvastu District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal.It is located 308 km west of Kathmandu, 47 km west of Butwal and 206 km east of Nepalgung.
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Butwal
Butwal (बुटवल) officially Butwal Sub-Metropolitan is one of the twin cities of rapidly growing Butwal-Bhairahawa urban agglomeration in Nepal.
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Chhantyal
Chhantyal (छन्त्याल) is an indigenous peoples of Nepal.
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Cowry
Cowry or cowrie, plural cowries, is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
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Culture of Darjeeling
The culture of Darjeeling, India, is quite diverse and unique.
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Culture of Nepal
The culture of Nepal is rich and unique in the world.
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Culture of West Bengal
The culture of West Bengal is an Indian Culture which has its roots in the Bengali literature, music, fine arts, drama and cinema.
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Darjeeling
Darjeeling is a town and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Dashain
Dashain (India and Nepal or Baḍādaśãi बडादशैँ), also Bijayā Daśamī), or Mohani (Nepali म्होनि नख) is the Nepali version of Durga Puja (Maithili: दुर्गा पुजा), a fifteen-day-long festival of Shaktism in South Asia. It is celebrated by Hindu groups in Nepal and the ethnic हिन्दू Nepali people of Indian hill states of Sikkim, Assam and Darjeeling district and among the Lhotshampa of Bhutan and the Burmese Gurkhas of Myanmar. It is the longest and the most auspicious festival in the Bikram Sambat and Nepal Sambatannual calendar, celebrated by hindu Nepalese people, along with their diaspora throughout the globe. It is the longest and most anticipated festival in Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and North Indian hills. People return from all parts of the world, as well as different parts of the country, to celebrate together. All government offices, educational institutions and other offices remain closed during the festival period.The festival falls in September or October, starting from the shukla paksha (bright lunar fortnight) of the month of Ashvin and ending on purnima, the full moon. Among the fifteen days on which it is celebrated, the most important days are the first, seventh, eighth, ninth and the tenth. Among the Newa of the Nepal mandal Kathmandu valley Dashain is celebrated as the most important festival of as Nepal sambat calendar year. Among the Hindus and Buddhist Newars, it is celebrated with slight differences and interpretations, where each nine days Navaratri (नवरात्री) leading up to the 10th day called 'Dashami' carry special importance. The goddess Durga and her various manifestations are especially worshiped by Hindu Newars throughout the Shaktipeeths of Kathmandu Valley. Among Newars, Mwohni is also important for its emphasis on family gatherings as well as on a renewal of community ties, highlighted by special family dinners called Nakhtyā (नख्त्या) and various community processions of deities called Jātrā (जात्रा) throughout the three royal cities of Kathmandu Valley.
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Deepak
Deepak (दीपक) is a Hindi word meaning lamp from Sanskrit source of light.
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Dhaka topi
Dhaka topi (ढाका टोपी) or Nepali topi is a type of brimless cap popular among Nepalis and Indian Gorkha men, along with their diasporas.
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Dhanteras
Dhanteras (Sanskrit: धनतेरस), also known as Dhanatrayodashi (धनत्रयोदशी) or Dhanvantari Trayodashi, is the first day that marks the festival of Diwali in India and the festival of Tihar in Nepal.
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Dhulabari
Dhulabari is a town in Jhapa District in the Mechi Zone of south-eastern Nepal.
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Diwali
Diwali or Deepavali is the Hindu festival of lights celebrated every year in autumn in the northern hemisphere (spring in southern hemisphere).
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Dogs in religion
Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), which are mankind's first and most common domestic animals, have played a role in many religious traditions.
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Doughnut
A doughnut or donut (both: or; see etymology section) is a type of fried dough confection or dessert food.
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Ethnic groups in Bhutan
There are numerous ethnic groups in Bhutan, and no one group constitutes a majority of the Bhutanese.
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Firecracker
A firecracker (cracker, noise maker, banger, or bunger) is a small explosive device primarily designed to produce a large amount of noise, especially in the form of a loud bang; any visual effect is incidental to this goal.
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Freedom of religion in Nepal
Nepal is a secular state under the Interim Constitution, which was promulgated on January 15, 2007.
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Gajedi Taal
Gajedi Taal (गजेडी ताल) is a lake in the Gajedi VDC of southern Nepal located close to Lumbini.
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Galungan
Galungan is a Balinese holiday celebrating the victory of dharma over adharma.
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Gangtok
Gangtok is a city, municipality, the capital and the largest town of the Indian state of Sikkim.
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Geography of Nepal
Nepal measures about along its Himalayan axis by across.
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Holi
Holi (Holī), also known as the "festival of colours", is a spring festival celebrated all across the Indian subcontinent as well as in countries with large Indian subcontinent diaspora populations such as Jamaica, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Mauritius, and Fiji.
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Janaki Mandir
Janaki Mandir (जानकी मन्दिर) is a Hindu temple in Janakpur in the Mithila region of Nepal, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Sita.
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Jante, Nepal
Jante is a village development committee in Morang District in the Kosi Zone of south-eastern Nepal.
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Kachhala (month)
Kachhalā (Nepal Bhasa: कछला) is the first month in the Nepal Era calendar, the national lunar calendar of Nepal.
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Kalimpong
Kalimpong is a hill station in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Kande (Nepal)
Kande, historical name "Kane" (काणे), is a small village in the far western region of Nepal, part of the Baitadi District in Gurukhola VDC.
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Kartik (Nepali calendar)
Kartik (कार्तिक) is the seventh month in the Vikram Samvat, the official Calendar for Nepalese.
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Kaula (month)
Kaulā (Nepal Bhasa: कौला) is the twelfth month in the Nepal Era calendar, the national lunar calendar of Nepal.
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Khaira, Nepal
Khaira is a town and market center in Pyuthan Municipality in Pyuthan, a ''Middle Hills'' district of Rapti Zone, western Nepal.
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Khudnabari
Khudunabari is a village development committee in Jhapa District in the Mechi Zone of south-eastern Nepal.
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Kingdom of Nepal
The Hindu Kingdom of Nepal (नेपाल अधिराज्य), also known as the Kingdom of Gorkha (गोर्खा अधिराज्य), was a Hindu kingdom formed in 1768 by the unification of Nepal.
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Lakshmi Puja
Lakshmi Puja (Sanskrit: लक्ष्मी पूजा, IAST: Lakṣmī Pūjā), is a Hindu religious festival that falls on Amavasya (new moon day) of Krishna Paksha (Dark fortnight) in the Vikram Samvat Hindu calendar month of Ashwin, on the third day of Tihar and is considered as the main festive day of Deepawali.
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Languages of the United States
Many languages are spoken, or historically have been spoken, in the United States.
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Lhotshampa
The Lhotshampa or Lhotsampa (ल्होत्साम्पा) people are a heterogeneous Bhutanese people of Nepalese descent.
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List of festivals in Nepal
Many notable festivals are celebrated in Nepal.
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List of materials used in Hinduism
This is a list of materials with religious significance in Hinduism.
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List of rice dishes
This is a list of rice dishes from all over the world, arranged alphabetically.
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List of Where Is My Friend's Home episodes (2015)
Where Is My Friend's Home (Korean: 내 친구의 집은 어디인가) is a South Korean reality television-travel show, part of JTBC's Saturday night lineup.
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Mahendranagar, Janakpur
Mahendranagar is a town in Kshireswornath Municipality of Dhanusa District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal.
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Mahendranagar, Kosi
Barah Nagarpalika is a Municipality in Sunsari District in the Kosi Zone of south-eastern Nepal.
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Maruni
Maruni is a Nepali Dance of Western and Eastern Nepal, Sikkim and Darjeeling.
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Mid-Western Development Region, Nepal
The Mid-Western Development Region (Nepali: मध्य-पश्चिमाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्र, Madhya-Pashchimānchal Bikās Kshetra) was one of the largest and formerly one of Nepal's five development regions.
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Nepal
Nepal (नेपाल), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल), is a landlocked country in South Asia located mainly in the Himalayas but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
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Nepalese Americans
Nepalese Americans or Nepali Americans are Americans whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in any part of Nepal.
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Nepalese cuisine
Nepalese cuisine comprises a variety of cuisines based upon ethnicity, soil and climate relating to Nepal's cultural diversity and geography.
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Nepalis in Portugal
There is a community of Nepalis living and working in Portugal.
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Nepalis in South Korea
Nepalese in South Korea comprise migrants from Nepal to South Korea, including temporary expatriates and permanent residents, as well as their locally born descendants.
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Newar people
Newar (नेवार; endonym: Newa:; नेवा), or Nepami, are the historical inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal and the creators of its historic heritage and civilisation.
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Outline of Nepal
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Nepal: Nepal is a landlocked sovereign state in South Asia.
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Rajdevi Temple
Rajdevi Temple (Nepali language:राजदेवी मन्दिर) is a famous Hindu temple and Shakti Peethas in Eastern Nepal.
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Raksha Bandhan
Raksha Bandhan, also Rakshabandhan, Quote: m Hindi rakśābandhan held on the full moon of the month of Savan, when sisters tie a talisman (rakhi q.v.) on the arm of their brothers and receive small gifts of money from them.
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Rangoli
Rangoli is an art form, originating in the Indian subcontinent, in which patterns are created on the floor in living rooms or courtyards using materials such as colored rice, dry flour, colored sand or flower petals.
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Ranipokhari
Rani Pokhari (रानी पोखरी) meaning queen's pond, originally known as Nhu Pukhu (न्हू पुखू) meaning new pond, is a historic artificial pond located in the heart of Kathmandu.
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Samay Baji
Samay Baji (Nepal Bhasa: समय् बजि) is an authentic traditional dish of Newar community in Nepal.
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Sangini
Sangini (Nepali: संगिनी) is a particular type of song and dance perform by the Nepali womenfolk during the occasion of a religious festival Tihar and Teej.
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Sel roti
Sel roti (सेल रोटी) is a Nepali traditional homemade, sweet, ring-shaped rice bread/doughnut.
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Sikkim
Sikkim is a state in Northeast India.
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South Asian sweets
South Asian sweets are the confectionery and desserts of the Indian subcontinent.
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Swanti (festival)
Swanti (Devanagari: स्वन्ति) is a five-day festival of Nepal which is one of the year's greatest celebrations for the Newar people.
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Tagetes
Tagetes is a genusSoule, J. A. 1996.
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Tamang people
The Tamang (Devnagari: तामाङ; tāmāng) are the largest Tibeto-Burman ethnic group within Nepal and traditionally Buddhist by religion.
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Tanahun District
Tanahun District (तनहुँ जिल्ला), a part of Province No. 4, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal.
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Tihar
Tihar may refer to.
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Tinsukia district
Tinsukia district (Pron:ˌtɪnˈsʊkiə) is one of the 27 administrative districts in the state of Assam, India.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tihar_(festival)
