Panauti's setting between the rivers within a small valley surrounded by mountains and its outstanding examples of temple architecture, make this village one of the finest in the Kathmandu Valley.
Panauti's setting between the rivers within a small valley surrounded by mountains and its outstanding examples of temple architecture, make this village one of the finest in the Kathmandu Valley.
Reconstruction of Kasthamandap, from which Kathmandu derives its name, was built in the twelfth century and was the oldest structure in Kathmandu. It was a public pavilion, a rest house, which sat along the two ancient trans-Himalayan trade routes- India and China. This sattal, half shelter and ...
From left: Expedition leader, Sir John Hunt, Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary after the first summit to Mount Everest in 1953 welcomed at Kathmandu Durbar Square.
Two men pose for the camera against a painted backdrop of Victorian architecture in Ganesh Photo Lab. A studio that was opend by Ganesh Man Chitrakar in early 1970s.