Measuring climate impact on culture and heritage
Conversations on climate loss and damage must also consider the impact of climate breakdown on intangible assets
heritage
Ambica Shrestha (1933-2024)
The long and fearless life of a crusader for cultural preservation and women's rights in Nepal
Kathmandu’s gravity-defying chariot festival
The procession of Karunāmaya this week is full of hidden pragmatism and teachings of the Buddha
One night in Bhadgaon
Go to Bhaktapur for the Bisket Jatra chariot festival and stay overnight
Water for the ages
Kathmandu’s ancient water spouts provide more reliable supply than the $700 million Melamchi project
An archive of Nepali heritage
The Nepal Architecture Archive sets an example on how to preserve the country's cultural history
Expressing culture and nature in eco-art
Twenty-one acrylic portals on the crossroads of physical and spiritual worlds await visitors along an unassuming corridor. In Siddhartha Art Gallery, contemporary...
The delta of kāma
In 1294 the crown princess of Banepa donated a shiva linga to the nearby principality of Panauti. A temple was built to enshrine...
Man of the Nepali renaissance
Satyamohan Joshi, who died on Sunday morning at age 103, was a renaissance man, a polymath and historian whose long research career...
Preserving Patan post-earthquake
Much of Kathmandu’s centuries-old architectural heritage was destroyed in 45 seconds on a Saturday afternoon in 2015. Many of the temples built by the Malla kings in...
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