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Nepal lie on the rooftop of the world south of Chinese held Tibet and is surrounded on three sides by Indian Republic. Foreigners were forbidden to enter its territory and virtually nothing was known about its people and their culture, heritage and civilization until the middle of the 20 century and thereafter the maiden visitors exposed this hidden and glorious country of innocent and destitute people with countless diversity from high Himalayans to tropical jungles full of wild animals as well as colorful birds to verdant hills and terraced planes with the red mud houses whose thatched eaves shade clusters with golden corn, terraces stepped in emerald green whence rose sharp cries of "Namaste". Nepal's natural beauty and colorful age old culture and tradition are certainly omnipresent. Be it spring, summer, winter or fall-all allow, visitors a very special glimpse of a marvelous place on earth.
Nepal is a multi-cultural, multi-linguistic and multi religious country. For a relatively small country, Nepal has a diverse landscape, ranging from the humid Terai plains in the south to the mountainous Himalayas in the north, which makes it a major tourist destination. Hinduism is practiced by a large. Majority of the people, but the country also has a strong Buddhist tradition; Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha Siddhartha Gautama is located in the Terai, one of the three regions of Nepal.
Historically, Nepal was fragmented into territories, each ruled by different kings. It was united in 1768 under one king. Its recent history has involved struggles for democratic government with periods of direct monarchic rule from 1996 until 2006, Nepal suffered from a Civil War between government forces and guerrillas of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). On December 28, 2007, the Interim Parliament passed a bill and declared Nepal to be a Federal Democratic Republic. The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly officially implemented that declaration on May 28, 2008. More about Nepal |
