WELCOME & NAMASTE TO NEPAL

PREPARED BY:

PARWAT KUNWAR

NEPAL AND THE WORLDNEPAL AND THE WORLD

Where is it?

MAP OF NEPAL

NEPAL AT A GLANCE AREA: 147,181 sq. km

GEOGRAPHY: Situated between China in the north and India in the South.

CAPITAL: Kathmandu

POPULATION: 27.47 Million [2012]

LANGUAGE: Nepali is the national language. However, travel-trade people understand and speak English as well.

NEPAL AT A GLANCE CURRENCY: Nepalese Rupee (approximately US$ 1 equals Rs. 70.94 ).

POLITICAL SYSTEM: Multi-party Democracy With constitutional monarchy but now there is active monarchy.

RELIGION: Nepal is famous, as the world's only Hindu Kingdom. Religious tolerance and harmony such as is found in Nepal and is perhaps a unique example to the world. However, there is a harmonious blending of Hinduism and Buddhism.

CLIMATE: Nepal has four major seasons, namely, (1) Winter: December-February, (2) Spring: March-May, (3) Summer: June-August, (4) Autumn: September-November.

NEPAL IS KNOWN AS

♣ LAND OF BRAVE GURKHAS

♣ LAND OF HIMALAYAS: 8 OUT OF 10 WORLD HIGHEST PEAKS ARE IN NEPAL

♣ ONLY HINDU KINGDOM IN THE WORLD

♣ BIRTH PLACE OF LORD BUDDHA

♣ IT’S THE 2ND RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF WATER RESOURCES

NEPAL:FACTS AND FIGURES

• Nepal - occupying only 0.1% of the earth - is home to: – 2% of all the flowering plants in the world; – 8% of the world's population of birds (more than 848 species);

– 4% of mammals on earth; – 11 of the world's 15 families of butterflies (more than 500 species);

– 600 indigenous plant families;

– 319 species of exotic orchids.

FLAG OF NEPAL

जनन� जन्मभू�मिमश्च स्वर्गा��दपी� र्गारी�यसी�"The Mother and the Motherland are greater

than Heaven“

COAT ARMS OF NEPAL

PEOPLE OF NEPAL:GORKHAS

SOME MODERN GURKHAS IN BRITISH ARMY

PEOPLE OF NEPAL

RATEY KAILA

PEOPLE OF NEPAL

POLITICAL SYSTEM OF NEPAL Sushil KoiralaPrime Minister

Dr. Ram Baran YadavPresident

Political Situation of Nepal

Maoist Rebels

Protest against King’s Move

Religion and Culture: Hindu Temples

Pashupatinath Temple

Swayambhunath

Temple

Nepal: Birthplace of Lord Buddha

Lumbini: Lord Buddha’s Birthplace

LUMBINI

ARTS AND SCULPTURES

FESTIVALS

DASHAIN

TIHAR

NEPAL AND THE HIMALAYASMount Everest: Top of the World

Nepal and the Himalayas

Nepal: Landscapes

PHEWA LAKE,POKHARA

NEPAL LANDSCAPES

NEPAL:AGRICULTUREFarms in Nepal

NEPAL:AGRICULTUREFarmers in Nepal

NEPAL AGRICULTUREFarmers in Nepal

NEPAL WILDLIFE

Royal Bengal Tiger

NEPAL WILDLIFE

One-horned Rhino

Musk Deer

TOURISM IN NEPAL

White water rafting

Trekking

Paragliding

Mountain Flights