b'Honouring and Preserving the Vedic Tradition of NepalNEPALS PRECIOUS VEDIC HERITAGEV edic recitation or Yagya is part ofaholisticscienceofcon-sciousness, which is known to-day as Vedic Science. Vedic Science, like the recitations of the Vedas themselves, hasahistoryofthousandsofyears andisthefoundationofmanyother branches of Vedic knowledge including Ayurveda, Yoga, Sthapatya Veda (Vedic architecture),GandharvaVeda(VedicVedic Recitationscience of music), Vedanga and Upanga (Vedic philosophical systems) to name just a few.The ancient Vedic Rishis, whose minds fathomedthedepthsofthetranscen-dental source of creation in their own transcendental consciousness or Atma, cognized the Vedas and expressed these cognitions in the Vedic Literature that perfectlyexpressestheLawsofNatureGandharva Veda - Vedic Musicthat structure the entirety of the Universe. The Vedic Literature records that these ancient Vedic sages made their home in the Himalayas and from the Himalayas theirwisdomspreadthroughoutthe worldelevating and blessing human-ity with the wisdom of the Veda, since time immemorial.ThisknowledgewaspreservedandAyur Veda - Vedic Health Carepassed down from generation to gen-eration by the Vedic families. With the passage of time, the teachings and in-spiration from the Vedic Rishis faded from the daily lives of mankind. Alsointodaysfast-paceoflife,Nepal and India have faced enormous changes and challenges in just a short period of time, resulting in the decline of this an-cient Vedic Culturewhich could easilySthapatya Veda - Vedic Architecturevanish if not preserved.7'