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Updated at : October 18, 2025 15:20
Women at Gundu, Bhaktapur make garlands of globe amaranth flowers on Thursday for Tihar festival. Flower garlands are essential for the festival. Deepak KC/TKP
CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli (centre) speaks at the inaugural meeting of the party’s Central Committee meeting in Lalitpur on Wednesday. Dipen Shrestha/TKP
A local resident inspects a collapsed home at Barbote in Ilam of Koshi Province on Sunday. Post Photo
Tourists visiting Lumbini, the Buddha’s birthplace, pictured in the backdrop of the Dhaulagiri mountain range, in Rupandehi, Saturday. Manoj Paudel/TKP
People queue up at the Mint Division at Babarmahal on Friday to buy special silver coins issued by the central bank for the upcoming Tihar festival. It is considered auspicious to buy gold and silver especially on Dhanwantari Jayanti, also known as Dhanteras, which falls on Sunday this year. The bank did not sell gold coins this year owing to a shortage of the yellow metal. Deepak KC/TKP
A potter in Bhaktapur lays out her earthenware in the sun at the Pottery Square on Sunday targeting the upcoming Tihar market. Suryams Upreti/TKP
Tourists savour the Shey Phoksundo lake in Dolpa in this recent photo. October is a suitable time to visit the site at 3,611.5 metres. Madhav Aryal/TKP