Being Global: The World at Your Front

Nepal is regarded as a cultural lab as it has 100 plus ethnic groups with their own culture and traditions. There are several festivals that are celebrated in Nepal and Mani Rimbu is one of them which is celebrated in the Himalayan District Solukhumbu, the district which houses the Mt. Everest, world’s highest peak. The most important festival in Tengboche, of Solukhumbu is called the Mani Rimdu. Tengboche is a village at the height of ~4000 meter. As Nepal is celebrated Nepal Tourism Year 2011 (NTY2011) , we have introduced a 14 day tour named Mani Rimdu Festival Tour 2011 Nepal which cost you only 1350 USD per person only (round trip airfare from your country to Kathmandu has not been included in the above price). The festival consists of nine days of ceremonies and meditation (Drupchen). This is concluded by a special blessing ceremony given by Tengboche Rinpoche to the public and the world renowned Mask Dances performed by the monks at Tengboche Monastery.The dates for t...

The first Total Lunar Eclipse of 2011 brought great excitement among the amateur astronomers of Nepal.observe this historical eclipse,Nepal Astronomical Society(NASO), Kathmandu and Nepali Association for Astronomical Mission(NAAM) Birgunj,Nepal had organized doouble stationed observation of TLE from Nepal.before, NASO has spread the news among the nepalese through different media. " We have been busy answering the questions from the media as an live on FM radios from different parts of Nepal", said the Rishi Shah,Academician of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) and President of NASO. We have tried to dissiminate the right information to every corner of Nepal through TVs, Radios and newspaper", explained Mr. Suresh Bhattarai, Secretary of NASO. Through the observation from Kathmandu failed due to rain, Observers at other end had enjoyed the moments. "It was amazing to observe the moon passing deeply in the shadow of the Earth with in hrs,more interestin...

On May 1, 2011, Nepal Astronomical Society(NASO)in collaboration with Martin Chautari (MC) organized a talk program under the research seminar series of MC as a celebration of Global Astronomy Month (GAM) in Nepal.During the program, Rishi Shah, Academician-Nepal Academy of Science and Technology(NAST); president-Nepal Astronomical Society(NASO) presented a talk on "Promoting Space Science and Astronomy Education in for the Development of Society in Nepal". The talk was followed by short documentaries on Space Science and astronomy. This is the first time that NASO organized an event at recognized discussion forum. Martin Chautari is vary famous for the discussion series on social science. "This is the first that that such a program has been organized as a part of research series at our place", said the Devendra Upreti,co-ordinator of the discussion series at Martin Chautari.

50 years back when Yuri Gagarin orbited our blue planet earth for 108 minutes on April 12,1961 to spread word One World, One Earth. He's the one who were able to see vanishing all the boundries of countries from Space! An space era has been started! Today it's been 50 years since then and we're improvizing our thoughts and innovation for humanity on earth! We're space generation celebrating 50th anniversary of first man in Space:YURI GAGARIN!

On April 2, NASO put its stall at the exhibition to spread the information of present scenario of Astronomy, Astrophysic and Space Science Education in Nepal.

Had wonderful time with friends at NASO movie club on April 2, 2011 watching THE TIME MECHINE!