Prince Harry visits Nepal, is greeted by five virgins

LONDON — Prince Harry was greeted by five virgins in Nepal Sunday ahead of an action-packed trip in the country that saw him visit temples, practise wood carvings and at one point pretend to be a tiger.

The prince was met in Kathmandu's Patan Durbar Square on the second day of his five-day trip by a group of women representing the Panchakanya, the five virgins of Hindu myth.

They offered him flowers and a garland signifying luck and purity before he went on to tour the site, which was struck by April's earthquake that left thousands dead.

One of the women, 18-year-old Alisha Awale said she had seen the prince "on television," The Telegraph reports.

"I was really excited about meeting him and was wondering what he would be like," she added. "We freaked out when he was in front of us but it was a really happy moment."

Harry spent the rest of the day whizzing round the region, touring the city's Golden Temple, where he made an offering of a lit candle to a statue of Buddha and accepted an offer of a orange scarf.

At one point he encountered a stray pigeon and told it its eyes were the same colour as his scarf.

On Monday, Harry found himself at Bardia National Park, a huge conservation area home to rhinos, elephants and tigers.

The prince had a go at imitating a tiger, but admitted he probably hadn't pulled it off.