Portal:Nepal
स्वागतम् / Welcome to the Nepal Portal
|
List of selected articles
|
---|
|
Nepal sent a delegation to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7–18 September 2016. This was the fourth time the nation had taken part in a Paralympic Games following its first appearance at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. Nepal was represented by two athletes in Rio de Janeiro: sprinter Bikram Rana and short-distance swimmer Laxmi Kunwar, who both qualified for the Paralympics by using wild card spots for their respective sports. Neither athlete advanced beyond the first round of their respective events as they both finished 17th overall in their competitions. (Full article...)
Selected picture -
Categories
Selected biography -
Aniko, Anige or Araniko (Nepali: अरनिको, Chinese: 阿尼哥; 1245–1306) was one of the key figures in the arts of Nepal and the Yuan dynasty of China, and the artistic exchanges in these areas. He was born in Kathmandu Valley during the reign of Abhaya Malla. He is known for building the White Stupa at the Miaoying Temple in Beijing. During the reign of Jayabhimadeva, he was sent on a project to build a golden stupa in Tibet, where he also initiated into monkhood. From Tibet he was sent further to northern China to work in the court of the emperor Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan dynasty, where he brought the trans-Himalayan artistic tradition to China. Araniko led a team of 80 artists to China proper and Tibet to make a number of pagoda-style buildings. In his later life, he renounced monkhood and started a family.
To some confusion in translation, his name is variously written as Arniko or Araniko in old texts. A mistake made by Baburam Acharya ascribed his Sanskrit name as Balabahu. However, later he contends that Aniko might possibly be the Chinese pronunciation for the Sanskrit name Aneka. It is also plausible that his name could mean AA Ni Ka, meaning "respectable brother from Nepal". (Full article...)List of selected biographies
|
---|
Selected fare or cuisine -
List of fare/cuisine articles
|
---|
Did you know -
- Himalayan rivers are older than the Himalayan peaks?
- In Nepal there are 8 of the world’s 14 highest mountains above 8000 meters, including Mount Everest?
- Nepal has 8% of the total species of birds found in the world?
Wiki Loves Nepal
Wiki Loves Earth is an international photographic competition to promote natural heritage sites around the World through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons).
- 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • More information • Main category page
Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photographic competition to promote cultural monuments around the World through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
- 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • More information • Main category page
Provinces
-
Statue of theBodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, gilded bronze, Nepal, 16th century CE (from Culture of Nepal)
-
Nepali Hindu Wedding (from Culture of Nepal)Procession of
-
"Nēpāla" in the lateAllahabad Pillar inscription of Samudragupta (350-375 CE). (from History of Nepal)
- Procession of Nepali Pahadi Hindu Wedding (from
- Costumed Hindu girls of Kathmandu during festival time in Nepal (from
-
Senior offering Dashain Tika on great NepaliHindu festival at a traditional home. (from Culture of Nepal)
- Senior offering Dashain Tika to junior (from
- Nepali traditional Pahadi dress used for dance (from
- Women in cultural costume at Ubhauli Kirati festival 2017 at Gough Whitlam Park, Earlwood (from
-
Nepali Hindu Wedding; Groom being carried by a bride brother or relatives (from Culture of Nepal)Procession of
- A map of Greater Nepal with the book published in 1819 by Francis Hamilton M. D. named "An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal and the Territories annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha". (from
-
Mohar of king Prithvi Narayan Shah datedSaka Era 1685 (CE 1763) (from History of Nepal)
- A 1905 painting of Nepalese woman (from
-
ABuddhist monastery in southern Nepal. (from Culture of Nepal)
- Nepali Pahadi Hindu marriage at Narayangadh, Chitawan (from
- Nepali Pahadi groom (from