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The study of Vihara culture in Newar Buddhism is very important in order to gain an understanding of Newar Buddhism. The role of the Vihara Sangha continues to be prominent in rites, rituals and other religious practices. All the Vajrayana Viharas are prototypes of each other.

The narrow social and territorial base of the Gorkhali leadership precluded the allegiance of subject populations and territories outside the heartland to the Gorkhali dhungo, such as the limbs of the eastern hill region, the thrush and other communities of the Tarai, and the inhabitants of territories beyond the Bheri river, such as Jumla, Doti, Kumaun and Garhwal.

This is an ethnography of the Thakali of the Thak Khola valley, Mustang District, Nepal. It was submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of Aarhus, in May 1997 as a dissertation for the doctor philosophiae (Dr. phil.) degree. No additions or major changes have been undertaken since then.

This book has been published the hope that it might be of assistance to those individuals interested in tourism training courses in different travel trade services and hotel management training institutions opened and operating now in the country. For the effective development of the tourist industry...

This is a more specialized companion volume which has worked out in a statistical measure with facts and figures, the significant accomplishments attained by the development of tourism in Nepal within a short span of time.

village tourism in Chitwan which brings out the significant change in the village economy is an innovative strategy in developing tourism industry. It is beneficial to tourism entrepreneurs and people

Art is an effective medium as expressing the soul of human civilization. Art specimens reflect not only the socio-culture, economic and religious modes and thoughts of a community, but also delineate its artistic tradition. The present study has been designed to meet a new awakening of general interest...

While this book is produced in my name as the author, I recognise that it is indeed a product of many with whom I have interacted in different domains. I must recognise these crucial contributions.This book is primarily based on my PhD thesis which I did at School of Development Studies, University of...

Keeping in view of the International Tourism which is a large and steadily expanding industry, Nepal has been playing a tremendous receptive part for the development of tourism in the country.

Thyāgarāja has been invariably an entertaining philosopher, friend and guide.1 Thyāgarājas life is narrated by the older generation to the younger, and has been written in many forms and languages. It has been enacted in plays, full length films and in harikatha performances. V. Raghavan was the pioneer and most thorough researcher writing in English.

For the past few years, there has been much debate over the adoption, implementation, and maintenance of comprehensive health and sexuality education programs in public schools. Advocates of school based comprehensive health education programs often use a public health approach to substantiate their...

this book offers a philosophy not in the popular but mistaken sense of a canon to live and die for, but as one possible view and, therefore, as a tool--as a means of initiating, stimulating, guiding and supporting the efforts of music teachers as they tackle the many theoretical and practical issues involved in music education.

This book presents iconographic studies of the Eight Mother-Goddesses in the Kathmandu Valley. The Kathmandu Valley contains over one thousand historical monuments and can be regarded as a huge museum. Niche-shrines, which house popular deities, are found in almost every corner of all the towns in the valley.