TREKKING IN NEPAL

Nepal is the land that made trekking famous and little wonder, for it is a land of many mountain trails and few roads. Trekking is the only way to see the Himalaya up close, to explore traditional villages and meet the friendly country side people. Much of the rich flora and fauna of the country is preserved in the many national parks and wildlife reserves and most of the trekking routes pass through these places.

Even a short trek from kathmandu will take one to picturesque hamlets surrounded by terraced fields and forested ridges. A long trek will take one through different cultures and surrounded by terraced fields and forested ridges. A long trek will take one through different cultures and different ecosystems, places so unique they could be on entirely different parts of the globe. Because Nepal’s country people walk the same trails as the trekkers, there are most always place to stay and people to meet. Trekking in Nepal both an invigorating wilderness experience and a deeply enriching cultural experience.

Trekking Nepal

In the densely populated central hills, there are numerous small shops serving tea an d simple food to travelers at trail junctions, bridge sites and convenient resting places. In The mountain areas, the trail may traverse sleep slopes with plunging waterfalls or wind through dense forests and there is almost always a village are set wider apart, but here also a traveler can find cottage and small hamlets to spend the night. These trans-Himalayan valleys and magnificent snow peaks.

Wherever one travels, people are friendly and hospitable and the trails are safe. Depending on the season one may meet local people in their distinctive dress, laden porters or caravans of sheep and goats.

THE RELIGION

THE RELIGION

Hinduism is a complex religion with a variety of teachers, doctrines and it is said, millions of goods and goddesses. Though Hinduism is frequently described in philosophical terms as a trinity of three gods- Barma the creator, Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer, in everyday religion numerous gods and goddesses are worshipped depending on the special day of observance, the affinity of the person of the family for a particular deity and the purpose of the worship. Certain deities are particularly important in Nepal.

Shiva, the destroyer, is historically the god most worshipped in the country. He many be worshipped as the holy ascetic, depicted with his consort Parvati and holding a trident and asmall drum or more often in the form of the linga, an elongated stone representing his generative powers. The most important linga in situated in the form of the linga, an el

THE NEPALI PEOPLE

Nepal has a population of about thirty million, up of an assortment of races and tribes living in different regions, wearing different costumes and speaking different languages and dialects. They live under quite diverse environmental condition, from the low plains at the border of India, northward through the middle hills and valleys and up to the flanks of the great Himalayan range where there are settlements at altitudes of up to 4,800 meters.

The Himalayan settlements of Tibetan speaking peoples are found perched perched precariously on mountain ledges and slopes. Life here is a delicate balance of hard work and social merrymaking, tempered by a culture steeped in mountain peoples are the Sherpas who inhabit the eastern mountains of Nepal.

The midlands are inhabited by various Tibeto-Burman and indo-Aryan people, such Brahman, Chhetri and Newar. The Rai, Limbu, Tamang, Sunar, Gurung, Thakali and chepang are other Tibeto-Burman speaking Mongoloid peoples living in the middle hills. They each have their own district social and culture pattern. The Dun valley and the Terai are inhabited by the Brahman, Rajput, Tharu, Danuwar, Majhi, Darai, Rajbansi, Satar, Dhimal and Dhanger.

Though Nepal is a veritable mosaic of dozen of ethnic groups, they are bound together by the ideas of peace, democracy and nationalism.

Language

Nepal is the national language of Nepal and is written in Devanagari script, other languages spoken in Nepali include Maithili, Bhojpuri, Tamang, Avadhi, Gurung, Tharu and Newari, However, most educated Nepalese can also speak and write English.

THE HINDU FESTIVAL ‘TIHAR'

Tihar is one of the greatest festivals. Tihar is widely celebrated by Hindus as a great festival. It falls on the month of Kartik ( October-November ), at the end of autumn. This celebration lasts for five days.

                Since it is celebrated for five days, it is also rightly called Panchak or distinctly Yama Panchak. It is in a sense the Festival of Lights. So people also call it Deepawali of Diwali.

                The specially of this festival is that the crow, the dog, the cow, the bullock and the brother (man) are worshipped during this period. The first day is the Crow Festival when the crow is worshipped and fed. The second day is the Dog Festival. The third day is the Cow Festival when the cow is worshipped and fed. On this night every house is illuminated with different kinds of lights and lamps. The fourth day is the Bullock Festival when the Bullock is worshipped and fed. The fifth and final day is the Brother Festival when the brother is worshipped and fed by his sisters.

                People eat different delicious food during this occasion. People keep their houses neat and clean. Cleanliness is the prominent features of this festival, Laxmi . Goddess of Wealth, is worshipped at the night of the cow Festival.

It is said that Yamaraj, the God of the Hell, was worshipped by his sister for the first time in the long past.

MOUNTAINEERING

A BRIEF HISTORY

The Nepal Himalayan, extending for eight hundred kilometer from the Kangechejung Massif to the Mahakali river, accounts for a third of the Himalayan mountain system. Between these two boundaries lie more than thirteen hundred peaks with an altitude of more than six thousand meters. Of these 127 are above seven thousand meters and eight rise above eight thousand meters-eight of the fourteen highest peaks in the world.

Mountaineering first brought Nepal to the attention of the world. Long before, it’s great peaks were coveted by mountaineers. Although there had been negotiations for a British a French expedition to Mt. Everest ( sagarmatha ) as early as 1980 and a French expedition to Makalu in 1934, Nepal first opened it’s and mountaineering teams of that year were a British team in the Langtang Ganesh Himal area and a Swiss team in the Kangchenjunga area.

By 1960, eighty-four expeditions, both large and small, had encountered the Nepal Himalaya. At least fourteen natioins sent groups of climbers. The British led the field with twenty seven expeditions, followed by the French and the Swiss. This was the pioneer decade of mountaineering, combining both reconnaissance and climbing. All eight thousand meter peaks of the Nepal Himalaya were climbed. The decade began with the dramatic French triumph on8,091-meter Annapurna in 1950, by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal. The most famous ascent of course was Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa’s ascent of 8,848 by meter Everest in May, 29, 1953. Kanchenjunga and Makalu were climbed in 1955, Lhotse and Manaslu in 1956 and Dhaulagri in 1960. During the decade, there were numerous first ascents, many on peaks of equal difficulty to the “eight-thousand.”. As well as these achievements, there were extensive explorations of the Himalaya that paved the way for further expeditions.

IMPORTANCE OF DOMESTIC ANIMAL COW

There are a number of pet animals in our country. But cow is a domestic special animal in our country Nepal.

The cow is a gentle animal, she gives us milk that is a nourishing food to all of us. Milk is a perfect food for babies and sick persons. It is milk from which butter, ghee, cheese, curd and many kinds of sweets are made.

The cow’s dung is used as manure which fertilizes crops, and fuel. The urine of the cow is also used as medicine in some diseases.

The cow is useful to us even when she is dead, many things such as shoes, glue, buttons, combs, etc are made of the cow’s skin, hoof, hair, horns and bones. So the cow is one of the most useful domestic animals.

Forests of Nepal

Nepal is rich in forest resources. People therefore say that green forests are the wealth of Nepal. The forests of Nepal can be classified into these five parts-(1) sub-topical evergreen, (2) Temperate deciduous, (3) Temperate coniferous (4) Alpine vegetation and (5) Tundra vegetation.

(1)    Sub- tropical Evergreen Forests: these are found in the regions up to the height of 1200 meters. The rainfall is heavy and temperature is high in areas such as the Terai and the chure, Trees are tell a thick, and always look green. This type of forest runs from eastern border to western border of Nepal. This type of forest in which sal , sisau, khayar, etc.are found is the most of the important one from the economic point of view.

(2)    Temperate Coniferous Forest: such a forest is found at the Mahabharat at the height of 2100 meters. It is not thick, in winter it is very cold and most of the leaves of tree fall off. Important trees of this forest are sallo, katus, gurans, sal etc which contain soft wood.

(3)    Temperate Coniferous Forest: it is found at the paces lied between 2100 meters and 3300 meters of the Mahabharat. As the it is cold all the year round, it snows here. Soft wood, useful for making furniture and match sticks, like sallo, devadaru dhupi, katus, simal, etc is found here,

(4)    Alpine Vegetation: it is at the Himalayan regions and hilly areas, the climate here being always dry no tall trees expect short grass are found here.

(5)    Tundra Vegetation: situated above 5000 meters, this area is always covered with snow, for these reasons, no plants can grow here.2

INTRODUCTION OF NEPAL

Namaste! Welcome to a land you will never forget- a land of snow-capped mountains and quite river valleys, of ancient preserved cities and towering pagoda temples, of friendly people and fascinating folkways. Nepal offers unique pleasure for everyone- tourists, trekkers, poets and those in search of a personal Shangri-La.

Tucked within the borders of this small country is an astounding variety of animals, plants and geologic formations. The world’s tallest point- the summit of Sagarmatha (Mt.everest), commands the north, while the luxurious junjles of the Terai-filled with birds and beasts, command the south. In nearly a dozen wilderness parks and reserves you can find everything from the majestic to the nimble musk deer and the elusive Snow leopard.

Nepal is a land for all seasons-year around there are a myriad places to go, people to meet and sites to see. Year around there exciting adventure activities: trekking, while water rafting, biking, mountaineering and jungle safaris. And year round there is a delightful, never-ending procession of colourful festivals.

Nepal is a land where the arts culture are as well preserved as the valleys and forests-temple enriched with woodcarving and bronzes, millennium-old statues standing along the wayside, songs and dances unchanged for centuries, and entire cities preserved in their medieval splendor. And it is a place where craft traditions are as vital as they were a thousand years ago, a place where one can buy woodcarvings, statues, gems and weavings similar to those of the ancient world.

In this site you will have a taste of the many wonders that make up the kingdom of Nepal-the beautiful scenery, the colourful festivals, the rich wildlife and the friendly people. As you will see as you travel in Nepal, this is only a taste, for all the remarkable features of this little country could not fit in a thousand volumes.

Greeting from Nepal. !

Student life and value of time

The  student life is the most valuable time in our life. It is the time when we can shape our future. If we have good training in our student life, we can be good citizen in our future life.

In our student life we should learn good things. We must learn our lessons at school. We must care for our health too. Without good health we can do nothing. We must be obedient to our parents, teachers and superiors. We must always remember that obedience is a great virtue for student.The best part of our life is student life. We must use our time to build up our bright future.

                Time always moves forward, it cannot be measured with price or money. It is however, the most valuable thing in life.

What we need can be brought but time can never be bought. Time always fleets without any rest it cannot be controlled of limited by any power. Even the smallest unit of time is more valuable than any of the metals such as gold, silver and diamond.

Time is equally important for all in this vast world. There is a saying time and tide waits for no man. It means that time once lost can never be regained. We should develop the habit of doing everything in right time.

People who gave great value to time became successful in their lives. Those who missed good opportunities of time were never successful.

Time should always be utilized in good actions. It must not be wasted in idle deeds. Time has great significance for people to make their future bright. If we value our life we must know the value of time. Only then we can be best able to achieve great success in life.

Rivers of nepal

Renowned as a country of natural beauty, Nepal is also rich in water resource. Rivers rise or begin to flow mountains or lakes. They flow through mountains, rocks and plain lands. They finally fall into the sea or some other river.

There are a large number of rivers in Nepal. Most of them rise from the Himalayas or high mountains. However, some come from the mountain tops,

A few name names of such rivers are: koshi or Tamor, Gandakim, Karnali, Arun, Trishuli, Rapti, sunkoshi, Narayani etc. koshi is the biggest of all these rivers. We are rich in water resources is in proper usage. It is unfortunate that most of the river water flows down uselessly.

Nepal is second rich country in water resources in the world. Brazil is the richest country in water resources in the world. If hydro- electricity could be produced, Nepal wouldn’t have been counted as advcanced of the developing countries. The rivers in Nepal are great importance because they can play a vital role for the development of the country. They can be used to generate electrically, supply drinking water and provide irrigation.

These are the reasons why the rivers in Nepal are of great value.

Importance of Agriculture in Nepal

Nepal is widely known as an agricultural country. 93% of it’s people depend on agriculture.

Total land worth cultivation is limited in our country. 

Many families cannot even survive without the practice of agriculture. Whatever the importance of agriculture might be, no country  can achieve real prosperity should be minimized and industry ar manufacture should be started.

We should know how both agriculture and industry can be developed paralielly. Also all the land should not be used for industry only.

With agriculture development, we can supply foodstuffs for people and pets. At the same time, we can provide raw materials necessary for industries. So agriculture in Nepal has a great importance.

Food in our country Nepal

Nepal is known as an agriculture country. Different kinds of crops are grown here. Rice and jute are main crops of Nepal. Other crops are wheat, maize, millet, barley, sugar-cane etc.

Different kinds of vegetable, such as potato, tomato, cauliflower, cabbage, pumpkin, onion, garlic etc grown here, seasonal fruits such as mango, orange, apple, pine-apple jack-fruit, grapes, coconut, etc are also available here.

Different kinds of meat can be bought in Nepal, but beef is totally prohibited here.

The most commonly eaten foods are rice and bread. Common people cannot afford butter, meat, rice pudding, etc. and so these are expensive and uncommon.

In our district most people eat rice and curry. They take with a lught brakefast in the morning. They take tea with a light breakfast in the morning. They eat rice, pulse and vegetables as supper in the evening.

Almost all people eat delicious and uncommon foods on some occasions. The Nepalese people eat beaten rice with curds and meat at Dashain and sel roti (resembling dought-nut) and sweetmeat at Tihar,

I think nepali should produce more rice, wheat, tea and sugarcane, so that it might exports to foreign countries.

A Place of Historical Importance

In Nepal there are a number of places of historical importance. The kathmandu valley itself is a place of such importance.

It is said the valley of kathmandu was once a great lake. In course of time the water in it flowed out through a passage and thus it become the present valley.

Kathmandu always has history in it because many great kings such as Manadevi, Ansuverma, Jayasthiti malla, Prithivi Narayan Shah, Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah all ruled over it.

Kathmandu is the capital city of the Nepal. Kathmandu is also known as the city of temples. The temples of Lord Pashupati Nath, Guhyeswari, Lord Krishna in Patan. Dakshin Kali, Taleju etc are situated in this area.

The fifty five windowed palace of Bhaktpur, the Hanuman Dhoka and the Narayanhity palace are the unparalleled instances of Nepalese arts and carvings.