Sunday, 10 Nov 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Sankhuyogini
Vajrayogini is associated with the founding of the Kathmandu Valley. According to a number of legends, there was a large lake here in primordial times where the buddhas and bodhisattvas would come to meditate.... Read more >
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Kathmandu Buddhist Shrines, Caityas and Temples
Buddhist Kathmandu is built in the shape of an ancient sword, like the one the Bodhisattva Manjushri wields. Manjushri is the patron bodhisattva of the Kathmandu Valley as he was the one ... Read more >
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Patan Sacred Sites
We started the day’s exploration of Buddhist goddess sites a bit outside of Patan City proper in Chabagaun.The Vajravahari temple at Chabagaun is locally called Duetcho, which is an indication of some of the confusion that ... Read more >
Saturday, 9 Nov 2013 | Views [1276]
Nuwakot and Yeshe Tsogyal Chaitya
We, (the driver. Manish my guide and Tribhuvan University Buddhist Studies colleague, and I) left fairly early in the morning as we weren’t sure if we could take a shortcut from Tanahue to Nuwakot ... Read more >
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Chhabdi (Chhapti) Bahari near Tanahue, Pokara Region
Chhabdi Barahi is the worship and pilgrimage site of a fish headed goddess that made herself known about two hundred years ago. At that time the locals used to fish in a small pond ... Read more >
Tuesday, 5 Nov 2013 | Views [826]
Kathmandu and Tihar Festival
I arrived in Kathmandu from Chengdu after a wonderful flight over the Tibetan Himalayas. The clouds skirted the snow-covered mountain peaks, creating a fluffy blanket on the valleys. Mt Everest, the goddess ... Read more >
Tuesday, 5 Nov 2013 | Photo Gallery
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