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Why Nepal had a religious monarchy − and why some people want it back

  • Written by Anne Mocko, Associate Professor of Asian Religions, Concordia College
Why Nepal had a religious monarchy − and why some people want it backFormer King Gyanendra Shah is greeted on his 71st birthday.Narayan Maharjan/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Gyanendra Shah, former king of Nepal, will celebrate his 77th birthday on July 7, 2024. Twenty years ago, his birthday would have been a Nepalese national holiday. Indeed, when I first traveled to Nepal in 2001, the nation prided...

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