Erected in memory of Yoganarendra Malla in 1723 C.E., this Krishna Temple in Kathmandu Durbar Square occupied an octagonal shape, a type of temple unexplainably reserved exclusively to Krishna. This temple is particularly important during the annual festival of Janmastami, commemorating Kishna’s...
A vertige of demonolatry is the lakhe dancer, an ogre whose task it was once to procure sacrificial victims, here dancing in front of the Gaddhi Baithak during the Indra Jatra Festival.
Ihi, a ritual marring girls to the God. Newar girls are first married to the bel fruit known as ihi, and the second time to the sun. The third marriage is finally to a mortal human eing. This is to ensure that she never becomes a widow. The man in the center is Ganesh Man Chitrakar with his daug...