About Nepal
Nepal, often described as the Switzerland of Asia is a small but exciting landlocked nation in South Asia. It is bordered on North by the Peoples’ Republic of China and by East, West and South by the Republic of India, with an area of 1,47,181sqkms.. Nepal is famous as a Himalayan country and heaven for adventurous tourist all over the world. Within is territory, it embraces eight of the world’s ten highest peaks including the proud and highest Mount Everest. Top of the world; which is the dream of any mountaineer.
Most significantly, it is also popular among all because Lord Buddha known as light of Asia and symbol of peace was also born in Nepal.
It is the land where Lord Buddha was born over 2500years ago. It is full of awe inspiring sceneries with natural beauty. Each person may describe Nepal in their own different words but all descriptions sum up to one word “BEAUTIFUL”. Experiencing this Heaven on Earth will get you a constant switch in feelings from enjoyable, rejuvenating and peaceful to exciting and sensational.
Though a small Country, Nepal has a diverse landscape, the best being the Himalayan Mountains as described earlier. It has an assortment of races and tribes of people with varying colors and contrasts living in different geographic regions, wearing various kinds of costumes and speaking different languages, but all living in Harmony respecting each others’ identity and dignity.Nepal is rich in Natural Resources and Cultural Heritage. Large number of tourists from all around the World visit Nepal mostly to climb and view the Himalayan Mountains and enjoy its natural beauty, and some even to touch the peak of Mount Everest.
Short Biography:
Area 1,47,181 Sq. KM
Capital Kathmandu
Population 26 Million
Location Between China & India
Language Nepali
Religion Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim etc.
Political System Federal Republic
Time +5.45 with GMT
Office Hour 10 Am to 5 PM
Weekend Saturday
Climate of Nepal
Nepal has four seasons and can be visited all round the year.
Winter December _ February : It is difficult season to make the high passes because of the snow.
Spring March – May : This is great season to visit the country. The weather is little hot in the lowland and normal in the higher mountains. This is the Flowering season and nice to Trek.
Summer June- August : It is rainy season for Nepal and Trek can be little difficult with the flood/ rain and insects. But it is the best season to see the waterfalls/ greenery of the mountains.
Autumn September- November : This is another best season to visit Nepal. The weather is the most appropriate to trek or tour. The mountains are seen beautiful in this season.
Nepal has the sub-tropical climate. But the climatic conditions vary considerably form place to place. To be so the country has the varied altitude like from less than 100m.upto more than 8000m.and the slope and the direction of the mountains also affect the climate. North facing mountains are comparatively cooler than south facing mountains. Kathmandu the capital of Nepal has nice climatic condition. The coolest night in Kathmandu is -4° c and in summer it is approximately 30° / 32 °. Pokhara is the rainiest place of Nepal
People & Religion of Nepal
Here different threads of human life seem to belong in one fabric.
Nepal is the museum of the human races or even said as the anthropological pilgrimage. The population of the country is 30 million with the density of 156.27 per square kilometers as the National Census 2012 A.D. roughly the majority of the peoples are the Indo-Aryans and the remainder is of Mongoloid origin. The peoples in the Himalayan are called Tibeto-Mongoloid by races and Tibeto-Buddhist by religion. They speak Tibetan language and their own dialects. Their life is based on the Trans- Himalayan trade and Cis- Himalayan trade. It was believed that the people called the Sherpas of the North East Nepal were the migrants of the eastern Tibet.
In the midhill region the peoples are living with agriculture. Newars are the main ethnic group of Kathmandu and are mostly associated in business. Magars, Gurungs, Rai and Limbus form the warrior class and are famous throughout the world as Brave Gurkhas. Terai had been poorly inhabited for long time because of the fear of so-called disease Malaria .It was covered with the dense forests for many years and now mass deforestation has made this region better place to live. During the course of time people from mid-hills started migrating to this region as they found the land there rich enough for cultivation. Rapid migration is affecting the density of population.
Nepal is regarded as the only Hindu Kingdom. Officially, large number of the population is believed as the followers of Hinduism. It is believed as the oldest religion and guided by the oral tradition for long time. For Hindus Himalayas has been described in the Epics as the playground of the Gods and Goddesses. There are so many sacred places, temples shrines and monuments for Hindus in all around this Himalayan country.
Though Buddhism was founded some 2600 yrs back by the lord Buddha in the southern part of the present Nepal, Buddhism occupies second place in the country and chiefly dominant in the northern part and in the Kathmandu Valley. Lumbini the birth place of Lord Buddha is now the best and most important pilgrimage for Buddhists. In the southern part there is some number of the Islam. The practices of Animism and Shamanism are another type of practice which is very rare with the modern attack in the society .Now the increasing numbers of the Christianity belief shows its influence upon Nepalese. In fact Hinduism and Buddhism exist side by side along with others and showing the perfect harmony of the religious practices.