In with the old in Nepal
Bhaktapur communities join hands to restore a 700 year old temple to its original glory
temples
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...
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...
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...
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