KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered at a revered temple in Nepal’s capital on Wednesday to celebrate one of the country’s biggest religious festivals.

KATHMANDU, (Reuters) A temple in southern Nepal known for the mass slaughter of animals at a festival there every five years has indefinitely banned animal sacrifice, India’s Humane Society ...

In the rubble of Nepal's 2015 earthquake, a team of dedicated woodworkers is finding inspiration to re-create what was lost. The centuries-old Char Narayan and Hari Shankara temples were destroyed ...

Thousands of sadhus - or holy men - have been banned from selling cannabis to festival-goers at an ancient temple in Nepal. They are gathering at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu to celebrate the ...

A temple in Nepal that conducts mass slaughter of animals every five year at a festival has banned animal sacrifice, said Humane Society International. According to the New York Times, millions of ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered at a revered temple in Nepal's capital on Wednesday to celebrate one of the country's biggest religious festivals.

A holy man smokes marijuana at the Pashupatinath Hindu temple during Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) 31,136 people played the daily ...