Jackie Chan

I felt coming to visit Nepal is more important than donating money .I want to tell the people of Nepal that you are not alone .We all own this world ,this earth.---Jackie Chan,Superstar of China.

Greatness of Kali-Gandaki

Shaligrams and Kali-Gandaki River
Kali Gandaki Is the only one river in the world where Shalikrams can be found. shaligrams or shilas is considered aniconic representations of Lord Vishnu, The Hindu god. The Shalikram can be found as a piece of small round stone. Which may be very hard but it is very beautiful. These Shaligrams are naturally formed round stones, with circular or spiral markings and are fossil ammonite stones found in this river only. The largest and heaviest Shaligram can be seen at the Jagannath Temple, dedicated to Vishnu, at Puri in Orissa,It was also taken from Nepal. The main ISKCON temple in Scotland, called 'Karuna Bhavan' is famous for housing the largest number of Shaligram Shilas outside of India. It has great value and importance in Hindu culture as well as every festivals.There is no festivel can be started without whorshping lord Vishnu or Shaligrams .I have visited in this Holy land many times,so I foud it every time of my journey. So I saw its different different size and structure.

Bio Diversity of Nepal

Nepal's ecological zones run east to west and are vertically divided by rivers. Eight of the 14 eight-thou sanders of the world lie in Nepal, they are Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest 8848 m) ,Kanchanjjunga(8586m), Lhotse(8516m) ,Makalu (8463m) ,Chooyu (8201m) , Dhaulagiri(8167m), Manaslu(8163m) ,and Annapurna (8091m) .The inner Himalayan valleys such as Mustang and Dolpa (above 3600) are cold deserts sharing topographical characteristics with the Tibetan plateau.

 Nepal has five seasons such as spring, summer, monsoon, autumn, and winter. Nepal is such a country which is famous and so called ''water towers of south Asia'' with it's 6000 rivers which are snow-fed. Out of 163 wetlands ,9 are globally recognized as  Ramsar sites.

There are more than 30 natural caves in the country out of which only a few are accessible by road. The Maratika cave also known as HAleshi is a pilgrimage site associated with Buddhism and Hinduism. There are 136 ecosystem is confined to 11 bio-climatic zones and 9 eco-regions that are defined by ecological features , climate and plant and animal communities.

Comprising only  0.1% of land area on a global scale, Nepal possesses a disproportionately rich biodiversity of the total number of species found globally, Nepal possesses 2.80% plants,3.96% mammals,3.72% butterflies, and 8.90% birds. Of 6391 species of flowering plants recorded in Nepal, 399 are endemic. Nepal has 16 protected areas covers 19.67% of its land compared to the global average of 11% .Each of the 9 national parks,3 wild life reserves, 3 conservation areas and one hunting reserve cover various geographical locations from the sub-tropical jungles of the tarai to the arctic conditions of the Everest Region.