KATHMANDU: Hindu priests chanted hymns and prayed to the elephant god Ganesh as Nepal’s royal family, targeted in a 2001 palace massacre, attended the marriage on Wednesday of King Gyanendra’s only daughter to a commoner.
The late-night nuptials gave the monarchy and the impoverished Himalayan kingdom a brief chance to forget the palace bloodbath 19 months ago in which 10 royals died, as well as an increasingly deadly Maoist revolt gripping the nation.
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