DAMAULI, March 26: The Chhimkeshwori Temple in Tahanu district is being developed as a site of religious tourism. The temple located at Ambukhaireni rural municipality-2 has been drawing religious tourists from the district and vicinity.

DHORPATAN (BAGLUNG), Feb 17: A giant bell weighing 5,555-kg has been installed at Sarbasiddadham Panchakot in Baglung district to promote religious tourism here.

GORKHA, May 5: The 20th Rot Mahotsav (festival) began in the Gorkha-based temple of Gorakhnath today.

KATHMANDU, March 28: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will be visiting Varanasi in the course of his three-day official visit to India beginning Friday. Prime Minister Deuba is scheduled to fly back home directly from Varanasi after visiting some of the famous pilgrimage sites including Kashi Vishwanath Temple, which is also known as Varanasi’s Pashupatinath Mahadev Temple. Although Varanasi city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has been a famous pilgrimage site for Hindus across Nepal for centuries, this city has been a center of attraction for millions of Hindu pilgrims both from Nepal and India lately after the development of Kashi Vishwanath Temple. Here is a report by ANI on how this temple serves as a symbol of Nepal-India unity.

KATHMANDU, Oct 30: President Bidya Devi Bhandari offered prayers at the Muktinath Temple this morning. On the occasion, the President received tika from Krishna Prasad Subedi and Anni Carpo, priests of the temple.

KATHMANDU, March 4: Buddha Air is operating direct flights to Ayodhya of India from Janakpur of Nepal for the promotion of religious tourism.

POKHARA, Nov 9: Nepal’s tallest idol of Lord Shiva that is under-construction in Pokhara has reported 45 percent progress. The statue is being erected at Pumdikot, Pokhara Metropolitan City-24.

CHITWAN, June 21: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has stressed the need for promoting the tourism sector for the development of the whole country.

CHITWAN, May 16: Efforts to develop Devghat into a well-managed religious tourism destination has not come into implementation even though it has already been a decades since the master plan was prepared.