nepali-architecture

A palace fit for a prince

Once a symbol of the opulence of the Rana era, Bishnu Shumsher’s palace is in ruins

The stupa of a million dewdrops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW60CnUgR-IThree elderly people look up with wonder and reverence, palms pressed together at the Boudhanath stupa towering over them. Sonam Yangjung Lama,...

A temple by another name

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=iW60CnUgR-IUntil a few decades ago, the white dome of Boudha capped with its gilded tower and finial, and all-seeing eyes was so...

The Chinese are coming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-sFnHEoH5U&t=63sAsk a person in China about Nepal, and the answer is mostly that it is a happy Himalayan country of Buddhism and...

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