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1031. EAP838/1/7/3/369

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EAP838/1/7/3/369
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Vaisha Dev, or the Toothache Tree is a piece of wood just past Thahiti Tole, Kathmandu. Locals make an offering to the god of sore teeth by covering it in coins nailed to the stump.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1950s-1970s
Extent:
1 Tiff image

1032. EAP838/1/7/3/421

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EAP838/1/7/3/421
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The Golden Temple or Kwa bahal in Patan is the most outstanding example of the use of metal as a decorative adjunct. The guilded roofs of its imposing multi-tiered main shrine and subsidiary cupolas dominate its neighbourhood.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1950s-1970s
Extent:
1 Tiff image

1033. EAP838/1/7/3/426

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EAP838/1/7/3/426
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Than Bahi Bhagwan Bahal in Bhagwan Bahal in Thamel is one of the most ancient Buddhist monasteries in Kathmandu. The area, Thamel derives its name from this bahal.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1950s-1970s
Extent:
1 Tiff image

1034. EAP838/1/7/3/440

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EAP838/1/7/3/440
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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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1972-1973
Extent:
1 Tiff image

1035. EAP838/1/7/3/456

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EAP838/1/7/3/456
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Ajudyoya Baha in Kwathandau Tole in Bhaktapur. It is a large three storey building with a votive stupa, a row of prayer wheels, carved windows and figur struts depicting Pancharaksha Debi, Bhairab, Pancha Buddha, Chaturmaharaja, Saptakshari, Kutakshara and Ashtasiddhika.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1972-1973
Extent:
1 Tiff image

1036. EAP838/1/7/3/515

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EAP838/1/7/3/515
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Narayan Temple in Tum Baha in Patan. This three-storey brick temple is built on a two stage square base. There is a colonnade on four sides of the ground floor. The roofs are supported by carved struts depicting the incarnations of Vishnu.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1972-1973
Extent:
1 Tiff image

1037. EAP838/1/7/4/12

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EAP838/1/7/4/12
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A vertige of demonolatry is the lakhe dancer, an ogre whose task it was once to procure sacrificial victims, here dancing during the Mataya festival in Patan.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1950s-1970s
Extent:
1 Tiff image

1038. EAP838/1/7/4/19

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EAP838/1/7/4/19
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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.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1950s-1970s
Extent:
1 Tiff image

1039. EAP838/1/7/1/2

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EAP838/1/7/1/2
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Royal procession with cars and motorbikes in front of Mahankal Temple in Kathmandu.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1950s-1972
Extent:
1 Tiff image

1040. EAP838/1/7/3/3

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EAP838/1/7/3/3
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Bijeshwori monastery is located outside of Kathmandu on the banks of the Vishnumati in a secluded place. Although its basically follows the pattern of a Buddhist monastery, it has, in addition to the Buddha image, a three-storey temple which houses a mystic goddess of Tantric origin named Bidyad...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1972-1973
Extent:
1 Tiff image