▁natural ▁human ▁short com ings ▁in ▁maintain ing ▁the ▁god ly ▁moral ▁order ▁is ▁represented ▁by ▁the ▁H indu ▁god ▁Sh iva . ▁Sh iva ▁is ▁destruct ive ▁and ▁acts ▁in ▁gre ed , ▁and ▁he ▁threat ens ▁the ▁moral ▁order . ▁In ▁ancient ▁myth s , ▁V ish nu ▁must ▁step ▁in ▁to ▁contain ▁Sh iva ▁and ▁restore ▁the ▁order . ▁In ▁recent ▁times , ▁there ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁rise ▁in ▁political ▁violence , ▁specifically ▁Ma o ist ▁violence . ▁This ▁increased ▁violence , ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁w ides p read ▁pover ty ▁creates ▁times ▁of ▁hard ship ▁for ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁Nep al . ▁During ▁their ▁strugg les ▁they ▁find ▁stability ▁and ▁peace ▁in ▁religion . ▁ ▁Nep al ' s ▁constitution ▁continues ▁long - standing ▁legal ▁prov isions ▁prohib iting ▁disc rim ination ▁against ▁other ▁relig ions ▁( but ▁also ▁pros ely t ization ). ▁The ▁king ▁was ▁def ied ▁as ▁the ▁earth ly ▁manifest ation ▁of ▁the ▁H indu ▁god ▁V ish nu . ▁On ▁May ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁the ▁government ▁faced ▁a ▁constitution al ▁crisis , ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Representatives ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁just ▁reform ed , ▁having ▁been ▁previously ▁dissol ved , ▁declared ▁Nep al ▁a ▁" sec ular ▁state ". ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁census ▁identified ▁ 8 0 . 6 % ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁as ▁H indu ▁and ▁ 1 0 . 7 % ▁as ▁Buddh ist ▁( although ▁many ▁people ▁l abeled