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191. 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

192. EAP838/1/7/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
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

193. EAP838/1/7/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
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

194. EAP838/1/7/3/62

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP838/1/7/3/62
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Kanga Ajima Dyo Chhen located in Yetkha. This structure belongs to a group of Jyapus. Although the façade of this structure is insignificant looking, its religious nature is marked by the gilded metal doorway and the torana depicting Chamunda. This is an agam chhen. It is not a public building, ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1972-1973
Extent:
1 Tiff image

195. EAP838/1/7/3/143

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP838/1/7/3/143
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Itum Bahal, in Kathmandu. This bahal is also known as Paravarta Mahavihar and is a principal monastery. It consists of a decorated gatehouse leading leading into the courtyard and a shrine opposite. There are a number of sculptures in the temple.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1972-1973
Extent:
1 Tiff image

196. EAP838/1/7/3/190

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP838/1/7/3/190
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The Mahabouddha Temple, a sikhara style temple in Patan. This 16th century temple is thought to be modeled after the celebrated temple at Bodhgaya in India.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1950s-1970s
Extent:
1 Tiff image

197. EAP838/1/7/3/349

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP838/1/7/3/349
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View of Kathmandu Durbar Square. On the left is a chattraka (temple of round plan) consecrated to the Five-faced Hanuman and in the center is the Taleju Temple dedicated to Goddess Taleju dominating the skyline.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1950s-1970s
Extent:
1 Tiff image

198. EAP838/1/7/3/351

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP838/1/7/3/351
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Stone relief of of Vishnu in the Dwarf incarnation, dated to the 13th century, situated in the Sikhara Narayan Temple in Pharping. A scence on the bottom right depicts the Vishnu's Dwarf incarnation showing the decorated sacrificial pot (yupa) readied for the Vedic horse sacrifice.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1950s-1970s
Extent:
1 Tiff image

199. EAP838/1/7/3/412

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP838/1/7/3/412
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King Pratap Malla in the seventeenth century, built two tall sikhara style temples on the Swayambhu hill named Pratapapura, after himself, and Anantapura, after a consort, Ananta Priya, both dedicated to the esoteric Vajrayana deities. Pratapapur suffered damage; whereas, Anantapur completely co...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1950s-1970s
Extent:
1 Tiff image

200. EAP838/1/7/3/496

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP838/1/7/3/496
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Nhu Baha in Bangemuda. There is a wooden toranan over the doorway of this modest shrine. The courtyard contains a few sculptures and three chaityas.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1972-1973
Extent:
1 Tiff image