KATHMANDU – Phagu Purnima, commonly known as Holi, is being joyously celebrated in Kathmandu Valley and various hilly regions on Thursday with great enthusiasm and festivity. Marking the arrival of ...

Holi festivities kicked off in Nepal on Friday with the ancient Chir tradition -sacred bamboo Chir was upraised at the Basantapur Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Kathmandu.

'It symbolises victory of truth over falsehood. The upraising of Chir gives the message that Holi has formally started in Nepal,' Gajendra Prasad Manandhar, Secretary of the working committee told ...