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The national flag of Nepal is the world's only national flag that is not rectangular or square in … Until 1962, the flag's emblems, the sun and the ... had human faces. They were removed to modernize the flag. The faces remained on the sun and the moon on the Royal Standard until the abolition of the monarchy in 2008.

The flag was adopted, with the formation of a new constitutional government, on December 16, 1962, The flag borrows the basic design from the original Hindu design, which has been in … for more than 2,000 years.

The blue border … the peace and harmony that has been present in the country since the age of Gautama Buddha, who was ... in Nepal. The crimson red colour is Nepal's national color, and it indicates the brave spirits of the Nepalese people. Moreover, it is the colour of country's national flower - rhododendron. The two triangles symbolize the Himalaya Mountains and represent the two major ... Hinduism and Buddhism. The images of the sun and the moon mean the hope that Nepal will … as long as the sun and the moon themselves. The moon symbolizes that the Nepalese are calm, while the sun symbolizes fierce. The moon also symbolizes the shades and the cool ... of the Himalayas, whereas the sun symbolizes the heat and the … temperature at the lower part of Nepal.

Another interpretation says that the flag's shape symbolizes a ... pagoda (it is a kind of a temple). Putting a mirror at the side of the flag closest to the flagpole will generate an image of a pagoda.