Samsad Ali was at his grocery shop in April on the day of Hanuman Jayanti, a Hindu festival that celebrates Lord Hanuman, a ...

Kumaris are chosen between the ages of 2 and 4 years old and live mostly in isolation within the temple until puberty.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Kumari, a young girl who is revered by both Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal as a living goddess, left her temple palace and was driven around the center of the capital in a ...

Seventeen years after the former Hindu kingdom became a secular state, Christians have a pathway to legal recognition. Prakash Karki had every reason to be despondent. He had opened a 25-bed hospital ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A 2-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 ...

No political system—no matter how perfect in theory—can automatically suit or succeed in every nation. We all know that the ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The United Nations’ cultural agency decided Thursday against putting the Buddhist pilgrimage destination of Lumbini on its list of heritage sites in danger, instead giving ...

Young protesters upset over corruption have exacted political change, yet churches face an uncertain future. On September 7, the eve of Nepal’s historic Gen Z protest, Nepali Christian scholar Karuna ...