Changing fashion. Ganesh Man Chitrakar won an award for this photograph taken during the Matya festival (the festival of lights held in Patan every year) showing the changing fashion of Kathmandu.
Sveta Bhairav, an impressive gilt head of Seto Bhairav is installed beside the Degutale Temple in Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square. It donated by Rana Bahadur Shah in 1795 during the ocassion of Indra Jatra Festival. The image still plays an important role in this annual festival when from a conceale...
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.
Stone idol of the Boar Goddess Varahi (counterpart of Vishnu as Varaha) is one of the Eight Mothers, emanatory forms of Durga. Located at Dhumvarahi in Kathmandu, the foundation goes back to Bhaumagupta, 6th century.