Pallbearers carry the body of Nepal's King Dipendra before cremation on the banks of the holy Bagmati river in Kathmandu on Monday. Dipendra died early on Monday after being wounded in a palace massacre that claimed most of his family. Dipendra's body was carried in an open army truck through streets emptied by a curfew imposed earlier in the day to quell growing public rage over the lack of an official explanation of the killings. — Reuters photo

Soldiers and policemen take sniper positions in front of the royal palace during a citywide curfew in Katmandu, Nepal, on Monday. — AP/PTI photo

Gwalior (FILE): Devyani Rana, believed to be the fiancée of Nepal's Crown Prince Dipendra in Gawlior, central India, in this 1993 file photo. — AP/PTI photo

Chief Royal Priest Keshriraj Pandey crowns Nepal's new King Gyanendra at Hanuman Palace in Kathmandu on Monday. Nepal proclaimed its second new King in two days on Monday, naming regent Prince Gyanendra as monarch following a mysterious palace massacre which has rocked the Himalayan kingdom to its foundations. — Reuters photo

Nepal's new King Gyanendra salutes officials after being enthroned at Hanumandhoka Palace in Katmandu on Monday. — AP/PTI photo

New Nepalese king Gyanendra (L) sits in a carriage together with a General headed for the royal palace in Kathmandu on Monday. — Reuters photo

Nepal's Prince Gyanendra poses for pictures early on Monday, before he takes the throne and becomes King in the capital of Katmandu. — AP/PTI photo

A General pays respect to Nepal's new King Gyanendra at Hanuman Palace in Kathmandu on Monday. — Reuters photo