Nepal's emblem

The Nepalese national emblem consists of the rhododendron; a white cow; a green pheasant; two Gurkha soldiers, one carrying a khukri and a bow and an arrow and the other a modern rifle; peaks of the Himalaya; the moon and the sun, both with faces showing Hindu caste marks, two crossed Nepali flags and khukris; the footprints of Gorakhnath, the guardian deity of the Gurkhas; and the royal headdress. At the base of the design a red scroll carries the national motto in Sanskrit: जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसि ("The Motherland Is Worth More than the Kingdom of Heaven.") Image File history File links File links The following pages link to this file: Nepal ... A national emblem symbolically represents a nation. ... This article is about the plant. ... Genera Ithaginis Catreus Rheinartia Crossoptilon Lophura Argusianus Pucrasia Syrmaticus Chrysolophus Phasianus † See also partridge, quail Pheasants are a group of large birds in the order Galliformes. ... Gurkha, also spelt as Gorkha, are people from Nepal who take their name from the eighth century Hindu warrior-saint Guru Gorakhnath. ... Khukri knife and sheath The khukri is a knife, the national weapon and forestry tool of Nepal. ... Perspective view of the Himalaya and Mount Everest as seen from space looking south-south-east from over the Tibetan Plateau. ... A Hindu, as pre modern definition is an adherent of philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, the predominant religious, philosophical and cultural system of the Indian subcontinent and the island of Bali. ... Caste systems are traditional, hereditary systems of social stratification. ... Flag ratio: 4:3 The national flag of Nepal is the only non-rectangular national flag, and one of only two non-rectangular flags of a sovereign entity (the other being that of the American state Ohio). ... Gurkha, also spelt as Gorkha, are people from Nepal who take their name from the eighth century Hindu warrior-saint Guru Gorakhnath. ...