temples

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

When an 8.3 magnitude earthquake hit Kathmandu in 1934, a three-storey temple in Patan collapsed. Eighty-two years later, just as work had...

Sahina Shrestha

History in a house of worship

One evening 20 years ago, Laxman Ramtel headed to Bhaktapur from Godavari to meet up with his friends.  When he arrived, Ramtel...

Hindu gods in Bangkok’s malls

At the corner of Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok’s noisy and traffic-clogged commercial centre, the Erawan Shrine offers a peaceful refuge for busy...

With temples locked up, Nepalis improvise

For decades, Dhanamaya Singh concluded each day at Aakash Bhairab Temple in Indrachok in Kathmandu’s historic heart, to sing bhajan hymns.As an unmarried elder,...

Love of heritage

German architect and curator Wolfgang Korn first came to Nepal in 1974 to work on the Bhaktapur Project. But it was not...

Kunda Dixit

Selective outrage about heritage loss

Contractors were using an excavator to dig a new community water storage tank in Patan’s Mangal Bazar last month when they unearthed...

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

The 13-century town of Panauti has the ambience of a place that has been bypassed by history. The fertile valley along the Rosi Khola...

Patan's hidden treasures

Mahendra Shakya had been in Boston for seven years in 1992 when he came across Monk, Householder, and Tantric Priest: Newar Buddhism...

Sonia Awale