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In Pictures: Former King Gyanendra Shah and welcome rally

By Skanda Gautam

Nepal’s former King Gyanendra Shah gestures upon his return to Kathmandu from Pokhara, where pro-monarchists and loyalists organized a grand rally to welcome him at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sunday, March 9, 2025. Thousands of supporters gathered chanting slogans and waving flags in a show of allegiance to the former monarch. Photo: Skanda Gautam/ THT

KATHMANDU, MARCH 10

Former King Gyanendra Shah gestures upon his return to Kathmandu from Pokhara, where pro-monarchists and loyalists organized a grand rally to welcome him at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, on Sunday, March 9, 2025.

Thousands of supporters gathered chanting slogans and waving flags in a show of allegiance to the former monarch.

Photos by Skanda Gautam for The Himalayan Times