The King Takes His Queen On Safari

AFRICAN  LIFE – AUGUST   1958                           51

A King Takes His Queen on Safari…

Exclusive Pictures by ALLEN BENDIG

Above — Both sitting trium-phantly on the King's rhino trophy

NEPAL – picturesque Himalayan mountain country of 54,000 square miles and home of the valiant Gurkhas – has been a closed book for centuries.Now the country is being opened up by an Indian Army built road.
The King – a decendent of one of the Rajput clans who migrated from India when Muslims came – is the only surviving representative of Hindu Royalty.
His Coronation was performed with great pomp and show – strictly according to Hindu scriptures.
Nepal was the birthplace of the founder of the Buddhist religion.

IT WAS a “nothing spared” safari ior King Mahendra of Nepal and his Queen when they came to East Africa.