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 ...

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 (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of devotees crowded a revered Hindu temple in Nepal’s capital for a festival on Tuesday as coronavirus cases decline and life returns to normal. Around a ...

Sitting under tarpaulin shelters and tending to oil lamps through the night in the premises of the Pashupatinath Temple, thousands of Hindu devotees gathered on the eve of Bala Chaturdashi, praying ...

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

When a 7.8-magnitude earthquake roared through this Himalayan nation April 25, leaving an estimated 5,500 dead and more than 11,000 injured, shrines and temples were sent crashing to the ground, many ...

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, ...

This photo taken Wednesday, July 19, 2017, shows a detail of a wooden crafted window partially damaged during Nepal's 2015 earthquake. A team of dedicated woodworkers is now trying to restore Nepal's ...

FRED DE SAM LAZARO, correspondent: Until now, the major concern in Nepal has been the humanitarian response and the slow pace of rebuilding, as hundreds of thousands of quake survivors remain in ...

Sitting under the tarpaulins adding oil on the lamp throughout the night in premises of Pashupatinath Temple, thousands of Hindu devotees have gathered praying for salvation of departed souls. The ...

Reporting from KATMANDU, Nepal — The gates of Dharahara, an ancient nine-story tower overlooking the city skyline, were locked Monday, its ticket booth shuttered. Yet hundreds of residents clambered ...

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 ...