The Buddha's eyes at Swayambhu Mahachaitya. Swayambhu, the Self-Created or Self-Existent, is one of the most venerated and sacred Buddhist sites. Set on a hillock, west of Kathmandu City, it is reputedly the oldest settlement in the Kathmandu valley surrounded by several smaller shrines and temp...
Stone relief of of Vishnu in the Dwarf incarnation, dated to the 13th century, situated in the Sikhara Narayan Temple in Pharping. A scence on the bottom right depicts the Vishnu's Dwarf incarnation showing the decorated sacrificial pot (yupa) readied for the Vedic horse sacrifice.
The dome brick shrine is devoted to Bhringareshwar Mahadev in Sunaguthi in Lalitpur. A tall carved stone triton on a platform and a large stone bull is facing the temple. The square also contains a small double-storey Jaganath Temple and one of Ganesh.
The dome brick shrine is devoted to Bhringareshwar Mahadev in Sunaguthi in Lalitpur. A tall carved stone triton on a platform and a large stone bull is facing the temple. The square also contains a small double-storey Jaganath Temple and one of Ganesh.
Chwaspa Baha located in Maru Tol. This shrine of this bahal has a doorwar with a torana of Mahavairochana and is guarded by a pair of stone lions. On the first floor is a window-frame with five openings and a torana. Three short figure struts of Salabhanjikas support the wooden balcony. There ar...
Indrayani an open air shrine underneath an old spreading tree in Indrayani Khyo in Bhaktapur. It is characteristic of many other shrines of the Matrikas. The elevated area is guarded by a pair of lions and contains no icons. According to an isncription, the shrine was set up in 1670.