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Ambica Shrestha
Ambica Shrestha is a Nepalese entrepreneur. Shrestha is the president of Dwarika´s Hotels and Resorts.Financial institutions still neglect women entrepreneurs: Ambica Shrestha My Republica Shrestha, who was born in , , got her secondary education in . She settled in |
Dwarika's Hotel
Dwarika's Hotel is a luxury hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai .... It is located in the Battisputali neighborhood. The hotel is a collection of various traditional heritage Nepali houses that congregate around courtyards and is considered one of Asia's finest hotels. The hotel has 80-rooms, 48 suites and took over 30 years to construct, it has won the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award for Culture Heritage Conservation History The hotel is known for its efforts in cultural preservation. It started when founder Dwarika Das Shrestha decided to save old wood carvings from traditional Kathmandu buildings that were about to be thrown away. In 1952, Shrestha saw carpenters cutting up an intricately carved wooden pillar of a demolished old building, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darjeeling
Darjeeling (, , ) is a town and municipality in the northernmost region of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of . To the west of Darjeeling lies the easternmost province of Nepal, to the east the Kingdom of Bhutan, to the north the Indian state of Sikkim, and farther north the Tibet Autonomous Region region of China. Bangladesh lies to the south and southeast, and most of the state of West Bengal lies to the south and southwest, connected to the Darjeeling region by a narrow tract. Kangchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain, rises to the north and is prominently visible on clear days. In the early 19th century, during East India Company rule in India, Darjeeling was identified as a potential summer retreat for British officials, soldiers and their families. The narrow mountain ridge was leased from the Kingdom of Sikkim, and eventually annexed to British India. Experimentation with growing tea on the slop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, and India in the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural state, with Nepali as the official language. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and the largest city. The name "Nepal" is first recorded in texts from the Vedic period of the India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwarika Shrestha
Dvaraka, Dwaraka, Dwarka may refer to: Places India * Dvārakā, ancient city in Gujarat, the capital of the Yadus in the Mahabharata :* Dvārakā–Kamboja route, an ancient trade-route and a branch of the Silk Road * Dwarka, Gujarat, also known as Dvaraka :* Dwarka (Vidhan Sabha constituency of Gujarat), an assembly constituency of Gujarat :* Dwarkadhish Temple, a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Krishna :* Dvaraka Pitha, a monastery in Gujarat * Devbhumi Dwarka district, a district of Gujarat * Dwarka River, a tributary of the Bhagirathi * Bet Dwarka, an island near the city of Dvaraka (Gujarat) * Dwarka, Delhi, Sub City of Delhi, also known as Dvaraka :* Dwarka (Delhi Assembly constituency), an assembly constituency of Delhi :* Dwarka Baoli, a stepwell in Delhi * Dwaraka Nagar, a locality in Visakhapatnam :* Dwaraka Nagar, Kadapa, a village in Andhra Pradesh * Dwaraka Tirumala, a town in Andhra Pradesh :* Dwaraka Tirumala mandal, a tehsil in Andhra Pradesh :* Venkate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
