Tag: #temples
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In with the old in Nepal
Bhaktapur communities join hands to restore a 700 year old temple to its original glory
Restoring a piece of Nepal’s history
Patan's Bhaidega temple was destroyed in the 1934 megaquake, and had just started to be rebuilt 82 years later when the 2015 diaster struck and…
History in a house of worship
Laxman Ramtel was recently appointed priest of the Ganesh Mandir in Godamchaur. Photos: HIMALKHABAROne evening 20 years ago, Laxman Ramtel…
Hindu gods in Bangkok’s malls
Thai devotees at Laxmi temple. All photos: MOONTAE JEONGAt the corner of Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok’s noisy and traffic-clogged…
With temples locked up, Nepalis improvise
A girl worships in a locked up Ganesh temple in Kuleshwor in Kathmandu this week. All photos: Rajani MaharjanFor decades, Dhanamaya Singh…
Love of heritage
Photo : MONIKA DEUPALAGerman architect and curator Wolfgang Korn first came to Nepal in 1974 to work on the Bhaktapur Project. But it was not…
Selective outrage about heritage loss
PAST GLORY: Bhasmeswar Mahadev Temple before it was destroyed by the 1934 earthquake, with Uma Maheswar on the left and Patan Darbar behind it.…
Good as old after two earthquakes
Patan’s historic temple is not just being rebuilt, but restored to its pre-1934 look
Ancient Panauti’s French Connection
Panauti in 2013. Photo: PRASANT SHRESTHAThe 13-century town of Panauti has the ambience of a place that has been bypassed by history. The…
Patan's hidden treasures
Photos: SONIA AWALEMahendra Shakya had been in Boston for seven years in 1992 when he came across Monk, Householder, and Tantric Priest: Newar…