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Nepal: Muktinath Culture Interesting places 

Nepal: Muktinath

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Muktinath is situated at an altitude of 3,710 meters (12,172 feet) at the base of the Thorong La mountain pass in the Mustang district, Muktinath is a highly venerated sacred place for both Hindus and Buddhists. Hindus call the site Mukti Kshetra, which literally means the “place of salvation” and it is one of the most ancient temples of the... Read More
Nepal: Limbu caste Culture Interesting facts 

Nepal: Limbu caste

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Limbu, are the second most numerous tribe of the people called Kiranti. Their caste makes 1.6% of population in Nepal. The Limbu tribe was about 380,000 big in the early 21st century. The Limbu are of Mongolian roots and speak a language belonging to the Himalayan group of Tibeto-Burman languages. It has its own alphabet (the Kirat-Sirijonga script), believed to have been invented in the... Read More
Brahmins and Chhetri – the highest caste in Nepal Culture Interesting facts 

Brahmins and Chhetri – the highest caste in Nepal

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The highest caste was always Brahmins, holding positions of priests and teachers in the Hindu community. It is believed that in the twelfth century, during the Islamic invasion in India, Brahmins – Brahmans – emigrated to the western hills of Nepal. There they encountered a Khas caste, people of a Brahmin-like culture, who in the caste order never found themselves... Read More
Adi Shankaracharya united the country with the help of philosophy, poetry and faith Culture Interesting facts Stories 

Adi Shankaracharya united the country with the help of philosophy, poetry and faith

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In the picture above – the Temple in Kaladi, the birthplace of Saint Adi Shankaracharya  „Jagat mithya, brahma satyam” जगत मिथ्या, ब्रह्मा सत्यम Means that the world we experience, including tangible scientific conclusions, are essentially illusory. The only original truth that is independent of the mind is brahma – translated as soul, consciousness, language or infinite, eternal, unconditioned mind. Those... Read More
Gurung Dharma: shamanic practices and Gurung beliefs Culture Interesting facts 

Gurung Dharma: shamanic practices and Gurung beliefs

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Gurung Dharma, or the Gurung shamanic traditions … … are now considered – also by its supporters – as an ancient system of shamanic beliefs, which is only a remnant of the former powerful cult. Gurung beliefs The Gurungs – in their language – Tamu-mae – combine practical everyday life with rich cosmology, inhabited by innumerable good and evil spirits.... Read More
From a basket of a Nepali medic: Reishi Food Health Interesting facts 

From a basket of a Nepali medic: Reishi

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Dried mushrooms are sometimes available in the offer of street sellers. One of these experts – with whom communication was carried out with the help of sign language and the little of my Nepalese – asked “what it is” answered only “chiau”, meaning mushrooms. I got more information about the species somewhere else. I learned, however, from the man another interesting thing. It was his knowledge... Read More
Hindu caste system Culture Interesting facts 

Hindu caste system

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In the ancient system of Hindu Varna System caste – हिन्दू वर्ण व्यवस्था … … people were qualified to one of the castes according to their personal qualities, behavior, employment and degree of spiritual development. Kshatriya were warriors, soldiers and also held positions in the management group. All kings, ministers and soldiers were given the title ‘Kshatriya’. When Varna System... Read More