What are the 31 wonders of Nepal that astound the world?
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If someone asked us what Nepal is famous for in the world, we usually say that it is famous for being the country where Mount Everest is and where Buddha was born. But even a child knows this, doesn’t it?
Is this all the world’s shocking secret in Nepal?
No! There are many world records that make Nepal wonder all over the world. We are going to present 31 famous facts point by point in this article. You will enjoy hearing the surprising facts. So please enjoy reading this article.
If you are interested in Nepal or want to know some new and interesting facts about it, then you have come to the right place. So this article will be very interesting and informative for you. You will enjoy listening to the surprising facts here. But please read this article completely.
Well Friends, without delay, let’s start the article.
The 31 wonders of Nepal that surprised the world are as follows:
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Nepal is not only the richest country in the world in terms of water resources; this country has 6000 rivers, 3252 mountain peaks, and 2323 mountain lakes. Imagine how amazing it is to have so many ice lakes and snowy peaks in such a small country.
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Nepal is not only home to 5,980 species of flowering plants but also 800 species of birds and 500 species of butterflies. In addition, Nepal is home to fascinating animals such as the one-horned rhinoceros and the Royal Bengal tiger, which are considered endangered in the world.
It seems that the whole country is a natural zoo.
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Eight of the 10 highest mountains in the world are in Nepal. While the Mahabharata range of the Himalayas can be seen in the entire northern portion of Nepal from east to west. That ice chain is the third-largest ice deposit in the world, after the North Pole and the South Pole.
Not only this, but the source of water for the three huge rivers of Asia—the Ganga, Yamuna, and Brahmaputra—and other rivers is also this Himalayan mountain range. All the mountain summits are located in the northern part of Nepal like a pillow.
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This year, a United States agency has listed the Mustang region in its list of twenty must-visit places in the world. Similarly, Nepal is home to several world-famous tourist destinations, including the Khumvu Valley, which has been declared the sixth most beautiful valley in the world.
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Asia’s longest and highest suspension bridge is built over the Kali Gandaki River in Nepal, which connects the Parvat and Baglung districts with a length of 567 meters.
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Nepal’s hilly and Himalayan regions have vast reserves of valuable herbs. Nepal can replace chemical-rich foreign medicines by using this properly. Moreover, Nepal is a famous country known for its mythological knowledge of Yoga and Ayurveda.
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It is believed that the ancient creature named ‘Yeti’ is found in the mountains of Nepal, while the experienced ancestors of the society say that invisible female human spirits like ‘Kichkanni’ and ‘wild humans’ are also present in Nepal.
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The most beautiful ‘Tilicho mountain lake considered the world’s highest, and Kazin Sara Lake, the second highest, are located in Nepal’s Manag district, while Nepal’s deepest lake, Shey Phoksundo, beautiful Rara Lake, great tourism property of Pokhara city, The Fewa lake, Beganas lake, etc. hundreds of stunning lakes in Nepal.
Some of them are worth boating, and some are famous for mesmerizing landscape views.
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The Arun Valley, one of the highest valleys on earth, and Dang Valley, the largest valley in Asia, are also in Nepal, while the highest grassland in Chitwan, the wonderful deepest gorge of Kaligandaki, Feeding field of the beautiful foreign birds koshi wetland area, Amazing natural tunnels under Pokhara city and the extinct Seti river in the womb of the earth, etc. many other unique and mysterious places are also in Nepal.
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Sherpa of Nepal is counted among the bravest breed in the world who can play with snow. Sherpa of Nepal can climb the mountains not only dozens of times, but they can also live in the surrounding mountains their whole life, and they save a lot of mountaineers doing rescue from very high and tough summits.
Foreigners bite their tongues in astonishment when they see that Sherpa easily cross mountains at extremely high altitudes, even when others are sick due to the altitude effect even at a low.
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It is believed that the wonderful ‘Elephant polo’ game originated in Meghauli, Nepal. And Nepali games like ‘DandiVeo’ ‘HandiFutaune’ ‘NepaliKavadi’, once very popular with the rural people, are also the originality of Nepal.
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Snow leopards, red pandas, and one-horned rhinoceros are known as the most beautiful and considered almost extinct species in the world which are found in Nepal. Nepal is also the best habitat in the world for the endangered snow leopard.
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Nepal is not a good destination for long rout trekking, it is also becoming famous for tourism adventures and such centers are being set up at various places. Such adventures include paragliding, bungee jumping, high-altitude marathon, mountain biking, white water rafting, ropeway, etc.
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With 7 heritage sites listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Kathmandu Valley is known as a living cultural museum of the world. There are lots of religious places and thousands of temples, inns, and idols of various gods and goddesses since mythological times.
Nepal is a country that is the living abode of all kinds of spiritual greats like sages, yogis, and Sannyasins, it is also an open university for the study of Eastern spiritual philosophy.
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Even though Nepal is a small country, it is not only a country of more than 100 castes and tribes, but also a unique ethnic museum with an equal number of native language speakers and several scripts.
But despite having so many castes, Nepal has not suffered the bitter pain of caste war and its religious tolerance is something the world can learn from and Nepalis are proud of.
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From the very low-lying areas of Terai (only 59 meters above sea level) to Mount Everest (the highest point in the world with 8848 meters), two such regions are located within a very short distance of only about 200 km.
A country with such geographical diversity in such a short width is hardly found in the world.
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Nepalese people keep celebrating various kinds of festivals and fairs like ‘Gaai Jatra’, ‘Ghoda jatra’, ‘Indra Jatra’, ‘Machindra Nath’s Jatra’
Apart from it the ‘Dashain’ festival, which is celebrated with the joy of the victory of truth, the Teej festival a symbol of respect and freedom of women, the Chhath festival worshiping nature as a god, the Tihar festival worshiping animals and brothers, as well as worshiping the goddess of wealth making luminous everywhere are significant.
In addition, many festivals celebrated by peoples of different castes, tribes, and religious beliefs like Losar, Udhauli Ubhauli, EID, Christmas, and many other religious and cultural festivals are also celebrated by Nepali peoples.
That’s why there is a feeling of joy and happiness throughout the year in Nepal.
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Nepal recognizes the ‘Bikram Samvat’ (Bikram era) and the calendar is aligned accordingly. But this Bikram era is 57 years older than the most prevalent ‘Christian era’ in the world, which means Nepal is older than other countries even in terms of the calendar.
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The flag of Nepal is in a unique triangular shape with sun and moon symbols, while no country in the world has such a triangular flag.
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Nepal is also a country of unique and customized religious worshiping cultures in the world where little girls are recognized as sacred virgins and worshiped as living goddesses called ‘Kumari’. Nepal is also a country where little girls are worshiped with nicknames like ‘Panchkanya’, (which means a group of 5 damsel girls considered goddesses) or ‘Kanyadevi’ (which means damsel goddess).
All of them are worshiped or honored on special occasions such as some kind of festival or the time to start some great work, if blessed by them, future plans are expected to be successful.
And older women are also respected, calling ‘Mata’ (highly regarded mother) or Bhagwati (live goddess) in Nepal.
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Sunday is a holiday in many countries of the world, but according to Nepal’s tradition, the original practice of giving a public holiday on Saturday has been going on for decades.
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Unlike many foreign customs in Nepal, it is not customary to eat someone’s ort food or food that has been eaten by someone else. Which is considered unholy and dirty practice. Health workers also consider it harmful. But this rule does not apply to family members and other close friends.
But this does not mean that Nepali people do not prefer to eat together. They always like to celebrate marriages, religious festivals and enjoy eating together by organizing picnics.
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The language of Nepal is also considered to be richer and more sophisticated than English or other language. For example, in English, ‘You’ is used for both infants to seniors, while in the Nepali language, The ‘You’ words can be used in 4 ways by saying ‘Tah’, ‘Timi’, ‘Tapai’, and ‘Hujur’ according to the as age, situation, level, and character.
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The Nepali food ‘Dal Bhaat’ has come to be considered very powerful and healthy for the stomach. Dalbhat is a meal set that contains rice, lentils, cooked vegetable, pickle, salads, papad, etc. Foreigners whose staple food is not Dal Bhat have also started adopting it. Also, the fact that Nepali people use their right hand to eat ‘Dal Bhaat’ which an interesting trend for the new generation of foreigners who eat only with a spoon.
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The way of greeting people in Nepal is also different from the West. When a Nepalese greets with ‘Namaste’ or Namaskar, bowing his head with folded hands, it gives a wonderful feeling of humility and respect to each other. Seeing this, even the foreigners who used to say hi/hello in an emotional way, also like to say ‘Namaste’ to everyone in Nepal.
In fact, according to the tradition of Eastern philosophy, Namaskar or Namaste means ‘I bow to the God within you.’
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Not only cows are worshiped in Nepal, but also bulls, dogs, crows, certain types of plants, and rivers. It is a religious culture that says that both animals and plants are specific forms of God. Its spiritual aspect may differ, but it is also a physical example of humanity. And real intimacies and love with animals and nature, which can see the world.
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Nepal is also the country of the Gorkha army (Somewhere in used word Gurkha), which is called the bravest army in the world. Therefore, the process of recruiting Nepalese into military conscription has been going on for decades in countries including India and Great Britain.
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Nepalese have held many world records related to Mount Everest (Everest is called Sagarmatha in Nepal) and mountaineering, such as being the first to reach Mount Everest, climbing the mountain most times, without using oxygen, and reaching the summit in the least time, etc. many mountain records have been set by Nepali mountaineers or Sherpa.
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Many large countries such as India were colonized by other countries in the past, but Nepal, despite being such a small country, was never colonized by any other country in history. And it has always managed to be independent while protecting its sovereignty by never giving up in front of the superpower country of that time.
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Nepal and the huge Himalayan ranges are also considered to be the playground of Lord Shiva and many other gods and goddesses, who are worshiped by more than one billion followers of Hinduism in the world. The territory of this country is considered very sacred because of the presence of deities and saints., Gurus and Sannyasins of different castes and religions.
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And last but not least, it cannot be forgotten that Nepal is the birthplace of Lord Gautama Buddha, who is worshiped by more than 500 million Buddhist followers in the world. There is a grand pilgrimage that existed which is called ‘Lumbini’. Apart from this, There are ‘Swayambhu’ and ‘Baudha’ which are significant and beautiful heritage sites in Kathmandu.
In addition, there are much more beautiful and grand ‘BaudhaGumvas’ ‘Chaityas’ and ‘Matha’ temples with idols of god and colorful Holy flags from terai to peaks of mountains throughout Nepal. Which provides a kind of mental peace and amusement to visitors or followers.
Apart from the above points, stories of many small and big kings, ministers, leaders, scholars, martyrs, poets, artists, and national personalities and their contributions and sacrifice with all historical background of Nepal also is not less interesting, can be made into a separate book.
As well as Nepali village life, their culture, and traditional part are various types and also very interesting.
Moreover, in history, the area of Nepal was much larger than its present size. It is known as ‘Greater Nepal’ and keeps coming into the discussion till now, which is also not mentioned here.
If All of these significant things were also included in this article, it could have become very ugly, and it can be caused of troublesome for the readers. So we will discuss the remaining subjects in another article. That’s all in this article.
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Janaki Temple, Historic Janakpur Pilgrimage, Nepal, Photo source:pexels
