KATHMANDU, March 22 -- Minister for Urban Development of Nepal Dhan Bahadur Budha, and Naveen Srivastava, Ambassador of India to Nepal, jointly inaugurated a new building of Shree Jestha Varna Mahavihar in Lalitpur.

The project, funded under India's post-earthquake reconstruction grant, marks a key partnership between the two nations in preserving Nepal's cultural heritage, reads a statement issued by the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu.

The inauguration ceremony held on Friday was attended by Buddhiraj Bajracharya, president of Lalitpur Development Society, local community representatives, officials from the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), the project management consultants (PMC), and government officials from...