Nepal is a beautiful country with never ending stunning landscapes, charismatic mountains and mesmerizing lakes.
Nepal is one of the finest country with wide prospect of development in technology and tourism sectors. With wide variety of flora and fauna in the country, Nepal beholds some of the rarest species like the one-horned Rhino, the Bengal tiger and their national flower Rhododendron. Nepal is truly a god’s playground with stunning majestic mountains, dramatic landscapes and mesmerizing lakes.
We are listing some of the most interesting fun facts about Nepal. The most baffling fact about Nepal is that all of the following remarkable things happens within the area of 147,181 sq. km (56,827 sq. mi).
1. Mt. Everest
Nepal has 8 out of 10 of the world’s highest mountains, including the world’s highest Mount Everest standing 8,848 meters high.
Mount Everest is called Sagarmatha in Nepali and Chomolungma by the local Sherpas and Tibetans.
2. Triangular Flag
The national flag of Nepal is the world's only non-quadrilateral national flag. The flag is a simplified combination of two single pennons known as a double pennon. Its crimson red is the color of the rhododendron, Nepal's national flower, while the blue border is the color of peace.
Until 1962, the flag's emblems, the sun and the crescent moon, had human faces, but were removed to modernize the flag.
3. Nepal was never under any foreign invasion
The famous warriors in the world- “Gurkhas” are from Nepal. Having been protected by the bravest warriors of the world. “Better to die than be a coward” is the motto of the world-famous Nepalese Gurkha soldiers who are an integral part of the British Army since 1815 when a peace agreement was clinched by the British East India Company after it suffered heavy casualties during an invasion of Nepal.
Nepal does not have an independent day as it was never colonized by any superpowers of the world. Nepal is also the oldest country in South Asia.
4. Birthplace of Lord Buddha
Nepal is the birthplace of the Light of Asia- Buddha. Siddhartha Gautam (Buddha) was born in 623 B.C. in Kapilvastu, Lumbini, which lies in Nepal. Lumbini is now a sacred place of pilgrimage for Buddhists all over the world.
There are different relics around Maya Devi Temple which dates back to the time during Buddha’s birth.
There are different relics around Maya Devi Temple which dates back to the time during Buddha’s birth.
5. Living Goddess – Kumari
The literal meaning of Kumari is Virgin. In Nepal these kumari, or “living goddesses,” are pre-pubescent girls considered to be the earthly manifestations of divine female energy, incarnations of the goddess known as Taleju, the Nepalese name for Durga.
There are three different Kumari in three main cities of Kathmandu valley.
6. Altitude Variation
Nepal is the only country with altitudinal variation that ranges from 59 meters to 8848 meters. Nepal holds some of the most extreme places on the earth such as the highest lake on the earth (Tilicho 4800 meters), the highest valley on earth (Arun valley), the deepest gorges (1200 meter) in Kaligandaki and the tallest grassland in the world in Chitwan.
Nepal also holds some of the world famous Guinness world records and different international prizes, international recognitions and involvements that have made the profile of this small country to be one of the best.
7.Kathmandu – Living Cultural Museum
Nepal has the densest concentration with regards to World Heritage sites. Kathmandu Valley which includes 3 districts Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur holds around 7 World Heritage Cultural sites at around a radius of 15 kilometers. Some of them include the Pashupatinath, the Swayambhunath, Boudha Stupa, Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan Durbar square.
Kathmandu valley alone has seven UNESCO’s World Heritage Cultural sites within a radius of 15 kilometers. No wonder! Kathmandu is known to be the living cultural museum of the world.
8. The Namaste Tradition
One of the most different part of greeting in this country is that they don’t shake hands or hug. They hold both of their palm and bow down and say ‘Namaste’. Mythically this means that they salute the god living inside the soul. Who would not love a child greet you when you sit tired in the shade? Lovely!
9. Yeti Resides in Nepal
The mysterious creature of the Himalayas called Yeti is said to be spotted in the Nepalese Himalayas by many who have trodden the secluded path in the Himalayas.
Sir Edmund Hillary even led an expedition to find the Yeti in 1958.
10. Unity In Diversity
Nepal is a multi-cultural, multi-racial, multi-linguistic and multi-ethnic country. Since its inception in civilization, Nepal has been a home to diversified settlements in terms of ethnicity, religion, dialect and culture. Here people of different origin and different beliefs are all living together in peace and harmony under the shade of Nepalese sentiment.
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