Nepalese couple vow to continue campaigning after same-sex marriage recognised

Same-sex couple Surendra Pandey, right, and Maya Gurung pose for a photograph with their marriage certificate (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

The first gay couple in Nepal to have their same-sex marriage officially recognised have vowed to campaign for changes in the law to help others like them to get married.

Surendra Pandey and Maya Gurung were able to legally register their marriage at a village council office this week in the mountains west of the capital, Kathmandu.