Container Reference (shelfmark): EAP838/1/2/5 / Place: Nepal, Asia - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP838/1/2/5/3
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Scope & Content:: Indra Chowk and, on the left, Akash Bhairav Temple during the Indra Jatra festival. This most spectacular event lasts eights days, in honour of the rain gods, at the end of the monsoon period. On the right is seen Shiva Mandir, a temple that was totally demolished in the 1934 earthquake and rebu...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1910
Extent:: 1 Tiff image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP838/1/2/5/5
Title:
Scope & Content:: Bhadrakali Temple, built in the 1817, is believed to be built after Goddess Bhadrakali told the priest to dig the hill where they found her statue. Since then, the temple lies there and is protected by the Nepal Army.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1900s-1930s
Extent:: 1 Tiff image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP838/1/2/5/7
Title:
Scope & Content:: Rani Pokhari or the Queen's Pond dates from the 17th century, and was built by King Pratap Malla on the eastern side of the then city limits. In the background is Durbar School, the first school of Nepal opened in 1892. It was originaly only accessible to the ruling class and was open to th...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1918
Extent:: 1 Tiff image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP838/1/2/5/10
Title:
Scope & Content:: Pashupatinath Temple is Nepal’s most sacred Hindu shrine and one of the subcontinent’s greatest Shiva sites, a sprawling collection of temples, ashrams, images and inscriptions raised over the centuries along the banks of the sacred Bagmati River. The roofs and pediments over the main doors are ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1900s-1920s
Extent:: 1 Tiff image

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