New series of excitement in Nepal..........Beach Cricket.

KATHMANDU
For the first time, Nepal will witness its own Beach Cricket Festival 2010 to be organised by Shangri-La Cricket Academy at the Riverside Spring Resort in Kurintar. A press meet held on February 24 where was the organisers, sponsors and promoters shared their views.


Aamir Akhtar, Director of Shangri-La Cricket Academy said, “Basically the idea behind this is to promote the game of cricket and domestic tourism through sports. The participants won’t be veteran cricketers but amateurs from government organisations, private corporates, INGOs, filmstars, et cetera. UNDP, ICIMOD staff, WWF, Chaudhary Group, filmstars led by Ashok Sharma, Rajesh Hamal, Nikhil Uprety, Rekha Thapa are few of the registered teams. We would in fact want to promote women participation.”


Namrata Shrestha is the goodwill ambassador, while Malvika Subba and Gagan Thapa are the official promoters and supporters of the festival.


Beach cricket Festival is scheduled for different weekends that will commence from March 26 and 27. An Indo-Nepal match is scheduled for April 9 and 10 and the Third Inter Bank match is for April 16 and 17.


Only five players per team will play five overs a side. It is an injury-free game for it will be played with special soft balls. A Caribbean pool party, interactive games and live Dj music are among the special features.


Dhruba N Shrestha, working committee member of Nepal Tourism Year 2011 expressed, “Our main motive is to promote tourism in different sectors. Sports tourism plays a huge role in strengthenin

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Swargadwari in Pyuthan - a heavenly spritual destination....

Swargadwari is a hilltop temple complex and pilgrimage site in Pyuthan District, Nepal commemorating the special role of cows in Hinduism. It is said to have been founded by one Guru Maharaj who spent most of his life in the vicinity herding and milking thousands of cows. According to traditional stories, some of his devotees followed him to see where he took the cows, but they never could find him.



Before he left physical body the Guru gave some of his powers to a few disciples. On the day he departed his physical body by his own wish, a number of people gathered around him at the place where he habitually meditated. The Guru left his body after bidding goodbye to his disciples and other followers. His favourite cow also died at the same instant, then the rest of the cows miraculously disappeared within a few days. There are also accounts of cows emptying their milk by themselves every day at the same time, at the place where the Guru died.

The accessible route to Pyuthan is via Ghorahi of Dang district from where visitors can take public buses that enroute daily to Pyuthan.