Ratobhaley,

one possible scenario is - maybe she went to Nepal to cover the current crisis of the Tibetans and while she was there went to Gorkha.. just maybe..

I don't know how the journalists work. I guess many run their imagination run wild and embellish the stories. But, this story itself sounds like a pretty balanced one, except for that prayers for dead kings part. A republic Nepal is definitely a big nice change with no official "white elephants".