Newar Buddhism began to flourish centuries ago in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, a landlocked Asian country that is also home to the Himalayas and Mount Everest.

The monks are…the only Buddhists in the proper sense of the word. The life of a householder is almost incompatible with the higher level of spiritual life,” said the distinguished Western ...

Since at least the 13th century, works by Newar artists have been highly valued by patrons from Tibet, India, and other Buddhist communities. Chitrakar correctly anticipated that the lull during ...

The main Buddhist festival of the Newar community is Samyak, a celebration set around the Buddha Dipankara, and of the profoundly Buddhist act of giving alms to monks, but it isn’t held annually.

Buddhists from the Newar community in Kathmandu are celebrating the month-long Gunla festival. Devotees mark the holy month by reciting scriptures, making early morning pilgrimages to Buddhist ...