Upadesh Kunwor

Tihar is also known as Deepawali in Terai and Diwali in India. Tihar is five-day long festival which is celebrated 20 days after Dashai Tika (Dashami). It is the second biggest festival celebrated in Nepal after Vijay Dashami. We can see whole Nepal lighting better than ever in a whole year during this festival. The five-day long festival begins with worship of Crow, followed by worship of Dog in second day, Laxmi Puja in third day, Govardhan Puja in day four and ends with Bhaitika on the fifth day. The festival marks the turn of year in Lunar Calendar, Nepali Sambat. Today is the day of Bhai Tika this year. Bhai Tika which is celebrated on the 5th and last day of Tihar is an important day of the festival. Bhai Tika is such a day to pray for the long life of the brothers by sisters, which is referred as “Vai or Bhai”. According to Hindu religious scriptures, there are various stories behind the celebration of Tihar. One of the famous stories behind the celebration of Tihar is relate...

  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Ecotourism is an ecological activity of seeing, watching, studying, admiring nature, flora, and fauna, socio-cultural local ethnic, take responsibility for the preservation of the surrounding environment by involving local residents. Chaubas Kavre is located in Bagmati Province. Chaubas is a new emerging ecotourism destination characterized by natural beauty, scenic attraction, and socio-cultural diversity. The main attraction of this place is a favorable climate, pine forest, agro-forest, and various types of green forest, natural environment, flora and fauna, house of villages as well as panoramic views of the Himalayan range of Mahalangur in the east to Manaslu Himal in the west, Tamang, Pahari culture, Mulkhark Bhiimsenthan, Gadhidanda. Ecotourism is not yet the economic backbone of this area. But this area has potential in that direction. This study aimed to analyze the prospect of some natural ecotourism in Chaubas, Kavre. Following are the specific obj...