Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The national flag of Nepal [a] is the world's only non-rectangular flag which is used as both the state and civil flag of a sovereign country. [2] The flag is a simplified combination of two single pennants, known as a double-pennon. Its crimson red is the symbol of bravery and it also represents the color of the rhododendron, Nepal's national ...
Flag of Nepal. The national flag of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालको झण्डा) is the world's only non-quadrilateral national flag. [2] The flag is a simplified combination of two single pennons, the vexillological word for a pennant. Its crimson red is the colour of the rhododendron, the country's national flower.
Nepal Sambat. Sayaun Thunga Phulka. Categories: Culture of Nepal. National symbols by country. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Flag Date Use Description Ref(s). 19th century Former flag of Nepal Double-pennon with sun and the crescent moon. [1] 1856—c. 1930 Former flag of Nepal Double-pennon with sun and the crescent moon edited with faces. [2] c. 1930—1962 Former flag of Nepal Double-pennon with sun and the crescent moon. [3] 1962—present National flag of Nepal
It contains the flag of Nepal, Mount Everest, green hills symbolising the hilly regions of Nepal and yellow colour symbolising the fertile Terai region, male and female hands joining to symbolise gender equality, and a garland of Rhododendron (the national flower) also called Lali Guransh (लाली गुराँश). Atop this is a white ...
Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural state, with Nepalias the official language. The name "Nepal" is first recorded in texts from the Vedic periodof the Indian subcontinent, the era in ancient Nepalwhen Hinduismwas founded, the predominant religion of the country.
A Tibetan prayer flag is a colorful rectangular cloth, often found strung along trails and peaks high in the Himalayas. They are used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes. Prayer flags are believed to have originated within the religious tradition of Bon. [1] In Bon, shamanistic Bonpo used primary-colored plain flags in ...
L. Largest Human Flag of Nepal. Categories: Culture of Nepal. Flags by country. Flags of Asia. National symbols of Nepal. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.