I think most people in Nepal become religious because they are brainwashed by the culture. From early stages in life one has to go through so many religious activities that includes everyday prayers and exposure to others performing religious functions. Every house has a puja kotha or a puja corner. You grow up with it you can't deny it but then when you begin to question it, you feel like a traitor. You are not allowed to question an elder person let along an age old religion.

It's the culture of submission and obedience. It's not easy to break that barrier of religious righteousness that manifests itself due to constant conditioning at the existential level of people in general.