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Professor emerita Stella Deen will deliver the 2025 Dennis O’Keefe memorial lecture on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 5 p.m. in the Coykendall Science Building auditorium at SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Amid the lights, kite-flying and gatherings to celebrate Nepal's 15-day festival of Dashain this year, ...

A two-year-old girl chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess was carried by family members from their home in a Kathmandu alley ...

Trishna Shakya has been serving as Kumari — Nepal’s living goddess — since the age of 3, living in the Kumari's temple palace ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A two-year-old girl chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess was carried by family members from their home in a Kathmandu alley to a temple palace Tuesday during the country’s ...

Diwali, also known as Deepavali, will be celebrated on October 20, 2025, as per Drik Panchang. It is the most significant Hindu festival, popularly called the festival of lights. Diwali symbolises the ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The old palace in the heart of Nepal's Kathmandu was packed to the brim as tens of thousands of devotees celebrated the beginning of the monthslong festival season on Saturday.

For many, the idea of Dashain conjures images of bustling markets, vibrant decorations, and family gatherings. But in the heart of Surkhet, Nepal's only nomadic tribe-the Raute-celebrate the festival ...