Prince Harry goes to Nepal on a five-day tour - welcomed by five virgins

Prince Harry has come to Nepal on a five-day tour and was given a traditional welcome that featured five virgins - it was a ceremony signifying luck and purity. The young women greeted Prince Harry, their special guest, with gifts of flowers and placed a garland around the prince's neck. The welcome by the Panchakanya - five virgins in Sanskrit - was held at Kathmandu's famous Durbar Square in the heart of the Kathmandu's old town.
This has been reported in sky.news.com dated 20 March 2016.

The Prince accepted their gifts with a smile and headed off for a tour of the area which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. He was the special guest at a reception held by the Nepalese government to mark 200 years since a treaty was signed between the UK and Nepal recognizing the close relationship between the two independent countries.
While addressing the audience, he mentioned about the first anniversary of the earthquakes that took nearly 9000 lives and talked about drawing attention to the help that Nepal still needs to recover after last year's devastating earthquakes. Many people are still languishing in temporary camps.
Incidentally, Prince Harry's trip will also focus on Nepal's tourist trade, particularly conservation and trekking and he will pay tribute to the efforts of Gurkha soldiers, who have fought alongside British troops, including Prince Harry during his tenure in Afghanistan.


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