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.
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...
View of carved window, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a carved bay window with portraits of a woman and children dressed in European clothing are barely visible in the windows. These richly carved Newar windows are often built as a tripartite (sajhyah) on the second floor of a building and can protrude as a bay window.
Sacred river & burning ghat, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of the preparting of bodies for cremation at the north end of Bhashmeshvar Ghat on the west bank of the Bagmati River at Pashupati. The stairs to the Ayar Ghat and southern most foot bridge are on the extreme right of the photograph. The three domes of the Bhashmeshvar Mahadev Temple rise ab...
Sacred river used for bathing. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of buildings along side the river. The Arya Ghat on the west bank of the Bagmati River looking north and upstream from the stone footbridge connecting the ghat to the Pandra Shivalaya shrines. On the right of the image are the river steps in front of the unseen Pandra Shivalaya. On the left,...