Kathmandu, July 18 -- Nepal is set to replace the political map with the image of the 7th-century Lo Gyaker (Ghar) Monastery on one- and two-rupee coins, officials confirmed.

A Council of Ministers meeting earlier this week approved the Nepal Rastra Bank to issue new design coins of 1 Rupee and 2 Rupee denominations.

The cabinet meeting of Thursday made the decision over the design and changes to be made in the coins and sent it to the central bank- the Nepal Rastra Bank, to bring in the new changes.

"The government's approval for printing new design coins now clearly means that its design has been changed," Gurupasad Poudel, spokesperson of the Nepal Rastra Bank, confirmed to ANI.

Likewise, the Ministry of Information and Communicati...