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2. The Dangers Of Dope-Smoking Ascetics in Kathmandu
  
  Explore npr.org Mar 14 2013
  
  ...etics puffing on cannabis pipes. The Shivaratri festival brings an estimated one million Hindus to an ancient Kathmandu temple each year." By placing so much emphasis on the naked ascetics smoking dope, one assumes that ...
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3. Dyes, candles and mountains of food: Your Diwali shots from around the world
  
  Explore CNN.com Nov 13 2012
  
  ...rks during Diwali, was snapped by iReporter Digamber Singh Rayamajhi as he walked through the busy streets of Kathmandu, Nepal. For Roger Seepersad from the Caribbean island of Trinidad, Diwali offers the perfect opportu...
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4. Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights
  
  Explore washingtonpost.com Nov 13 2012
  
  ...ring food and 'Tika' red color, during 'Gai Puja,' or the cow worship day, as part of the Tihar festival in Kathmandu. NARENDRA SHRESTHA / EPA Indian Border Security Force soldiers light candles and crackers as part of...
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5. Celebrating Nepal’s Dashain festival
  
  Explore washingtonpost.com Oct 24 2012
  
  ...estival in Kathmandu, Nepal. / Reuters A Nepalese youth plays on a swing during the first day of Dashain in Kathmandu. Oct. 16, 2012 A Nepalese youth plays on a swing during the first day of Dashain in Kathmandu. Nav...
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6. Nepal's pro-monarchists call for revival monarchy, Hindu state
  
  Explore ZeeNews Jun 11 2012
  
  ...n - Kathmandu No only 5,000 people there is more then 25,000 people gathering. The place capicity Reply smt - kathmandu SO krishna from Chitwan, aren`t you fed up and tired of your Maoists, Congressis and Maales.. I thin...
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7. Revered Nepal temple in financial transparency move
  
  Explore BBC - Homepage Apr 10 2012
  
  ...One of the most revered Hindu sites in South Asia, Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, has started paying its priests fixed salaries. The move is part of an effort to make its finances more transparent and part ...
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8. Ritual of last goodbye in Kathmandu
  
  Explore Sydney Morning Herald Apr 5 2012
  
  ...it: they are of low caste and paid a minuscule amount for each body. Now, even their employment is at risk as Kathmandu's authorities prepare to spend millions on an electric-powered crematorium to safeguard the health a...
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  Mentions: Nepal Guantanamo Kathmandu
9. India's Holi festival marred by Mumbai illness outbreak
  
  Explore BBC - Homepage Mar 8 2012
  
  ...ich has a large Hindu population. Many tourists also joined in the festivities on the streets of the capital, Kathmandu. India batsman Rahul Dravid calls a news conference for Friday in which he is expected to announce h...
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10. Crackdown on cannabis at Hindu fest
  
  Explore IOL: News for South Africa and the World Feb 20 2012
  
  ...emple. Sadhus, who renounce all worldly possessions and usually live in caves or temples, have been coming to Kathmandu for hundreds of years to celebrate the festival. They mark it by smoking cannabis because Hindu myth...
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11. Hindu Festivals Around the Globe
  
  Explore dawn.com Feb 6 2012
  
  ... a mass bath during the month-long Swasthani festival in the Changu Narayan at Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on February 4, 2012. Hundreds of married and unmarried women in the Himalayan nation are marking the...
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12. Van of Hindu pilgrims falls hundreds of feet off cliff in Nepal, killing 12 and injuring 3
  
  Explore Google Oct 5 2010
  
  ...ing to the Muktinath temple when it crashed near Dana village 125 miles (200 kilometres) west of the capital, Kathmandu. The cause of the crash was still being investigated. The mountain road was gravel with narrow and s...
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13. A strange obsession
  
  Explore The Pioneer > Online Edition Sep 1 2010
  
  ...ities to cooperate and expand ties with them. There are legitimate complaints in Nepal about our diplomats in Kathmandu behaving like proconsuls, where even Indiaâs friends are today dismayed by what they see as crude ...
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14. Hinduism Headlines: Weekly Highlights
  
  Explore About Hinduism Aug 2 2010
  
  ...rained before they went out into communities to perform prayers. Nepal's Rites of Passage (Hinduism Today) In Kathmandu, we are reminded constantly of how religion binds us to place and to each other. Everywhere there is...
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15. 'If not now maybe never'; Implementation of Anti-caste-based ...
  
  Explore MyNews.in Jul 23 2010 Human Rights
  
  ... couple has been receiving death threats from the girl’s family. The couple is now living in a rented room in Kathmandu and has not received any kind of protection. The case of 11-year old Dalit girl Runchi Mahara who wa...
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16. Nepal's 'Living Goddess' Gets a Pay Rise
  
  Explore ABC News Jul 1 2010 Human Rights
  
  ...from a Buddhist Shakya family. She then moves away from the family home and lives in a 15th century temple in Kathmandu's Basantapur area, noted for its ancient shrines, until retirement, which usually takes place at the...
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  Mentions: Nepal Kathmandu Alistair Scrutton
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