KATMANDU, Nepal – Archaeologists in Nepal say they have discovered traces of a wooden structure dating from the sixth century B.C. that they believe is the world’s oldest Buddhist shrine. Kosh Prasad ...

Thousands of Hindu devotees indulged in an all-night vigil at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal on the eve of Bala ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Thousands of Indian pilgrims arrive at daybreak at Pashupatinath, the most revered Hindu temple in Nepal, after traveling long distances in buses. Hawkers greet them with hot ...

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 ...

Butchers kill buffalo during a mass slaughter of the animals for the Gadhimai festival in Nepal. Getty Images A temple in southern Nepal known for the mass slaughter of animals at a festival there ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — “Where are the temples?” Gina asked, referring to the Buddhist and Hindu temples that once graced the Kathmandu skyline. We had visited Kathmandu separately and remembered the ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — 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. In the Bankali ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (RNS) A 7.8-magnitude earthquake shattered many of Nepal's most famous religious sites but doesn't seem to have shaken the faith of its people. KATHMANDU, Nepal (RNS) When a ...

It took more than a month for Mukunda Raj Aryal, 72, to return to Kathmandu's Durbar Square last year after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake hit Nepal on April 25. He just couldn't do it. It felt, he says, ...

Beijing, May 19 (EFE).Beijing, May 19 (EFE). — The disastrous earthquakes that struck Nepal on April 25 and May 12 damaged 242 temples in the neighboring Tibet region in southwestern China, the ...

KATHMANDU, NepalKATHMANDU, Nepal — Thousands of Indian pilgrims arrive at daybreak at Pashupatinath, the most revered Hindu temple in Nepal, after traveling long distances in buses. Hawkers greet them ...