Previous versions of the flag, including the ones drawn by Landon, depict the sun and moon with human faces. Before the establishment of democracy in Nepal – originally in 1990, then again in ...

The main palace in Nepal's capital lowered the flag of the country's royal family Thursday, a day after lawmakers, led by former communist insurgents, abolished the monarchy that had reigned over ...

Only one flag out of the 195 countries in the world isn’t rectangular – and the reasons behind the ancient flag’s unique shape remain shrouded in mystery. Nepal’s flag has two deep red ...

The flag carries two white emblems—a crescent moon with eight visible rays above it and a sun with twelve rays below it. Both are common symbols used in Hinduism, one of Nepal’s major religions.