WELCOME AND NAMASTE TO NEPAL Prepared by: Kalpana Khanal.

WELCOME AND NAMASTETO NEPAL

Prepared by: Kalpana Khanal

NEPAL 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: 22 Million

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 enjoys the distinction of being the only Hindu Kingdom in 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 can be visited the whole year round.

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

PEOPLE OF NEPAL:GORKHAS

PEOPLE OF NEPAL

People of the temperate ( Hill ) region

A Gurung woman Chhettri children

Young Newari girls

Pictures from The Himalayan Region

Pictures from the Plains of Nepal

A Tharu girl A young Tharu in wedding jewelry

POLITICAL SYSTEM OF NEPAL Queen Komal King Gyanendra

Royal Palace

Political Situation of Nepal

Maoist Rebels

Protest against King’s Move

Religion and Culture: Hindu Temples

Nepal: Birthplace of Lord Buddha

Lumbini: Lord Buddha’s Birthplace

ARTS AND SCULPTURES

FESTIVALS

KATHMANDU:CITY OF TEMPLES

Pokhara- nature’s paradise

NEPAL AND THE HIMALAYASMount Everest: Top of the World

Nepal and the Himalayas

Nepal and the Himalayas

Nepal and the Himalayas

Nepal: Landscapes

Phewa Lake

Nepal Landscapes

NEPAL:LANDSCAPES

Yak Caravan

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

THANK YOU FOR YOUr TIME AND

NAMASTE