[Seto Darbar, Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a palace and gardens. The neoclassical Rana palace - also known as the White Palace - was completed in 1890 by Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, who was prime minister from 1885-1901. The Seto Darbar was located to the south of the Narayanhiti Palace and is considered by some to be one of t...
View of an unidentified hiti in the Kathmandu Valley. People are seen washing at the communal water spouts. Each of the three spouts is surmounted by a shrine. A carved image of Bhagiratha can be seen underneath the spout on the left in the photograph.
View of the eastern entrance to a temple with a two-tiered gilded copper roof. The temple is named for Pashupati, the Lord of Animals incarnation of Shiva. Its origins as a religious site predate history. The temple was reconstructed in its present form in 1697 in the reign of Bhupalendra Malla.
View looking east, showing a numerous Shiva shrines as well as two of the buildings (sattals) within the complex. The Gorakhnath Mandir Temple is located on the hill directly east across the Bagmati River from the Pashupati Temple and along the pathway leading from the footbridges to the Mrigasth...
Nepalese dancing girl. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a female dancer with band playing traditional instruments. The dancer is wearing traditional Newar clothing: parsi (a sari with many pleats), misālan (blouse fastened with cloth ties and gā (shawl) wrapped around her upper body. The headdress is worn for special events. The instruments, l...
[Radha Krishna temple at Teku, Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of Radha Krishna temple at Teku, Kathmandu, showing the Chintamani Tirtha Ghat and a two-story sattal behind. Teku Thapathali is located at the confluence of the Bagmati and Bishnumati rivers. Corresponds to Photo 1424/1(33) (glass plate negative).