Nepal to host an international conference to share post-quake reconstruction lessons

The Bhairavs Of Kathmandu

A majority of Nepalis are Hindus. Perhaps this is why foreigners and even some Nepalis put us in the same category as Indians. But this is unfair because while we do share a lot of religious similarities, we also have a few distinctions that are unique to Nepali Hinduism. For example, the concept of Kumar, Ganesh, Bhairav and Kumari as living gods does not exist anywhere outside Nepal. Another example is Bhimsen, who, in India, is first and foremost remembered as one of the Pandavs while in Nepal, he is primarily the god of trade and the patron god of merchants. Bhairav too is not just worshipped as the fierce form of Shiva but also a host of other things by Nepalis.