Asan Tole is the largest and busiest of old Kathmandu’s many markets and lies to the north-east of Durbar Square. A crowded bazaar where all manner of goods from fruit and vegetables to vast arrays of...
The Bhairavnath Temple was originally built as a single-storey building in the reign of King Jagat Jyoti Malla during the 16th century. Later in 1718 King Bhupatindra Malla changed it into a two-store...
The Bhaktapur National Art Gallery is located in the Royal Palace in Durbar Square. The museum is home to many manuscripts, brass and bronze statues, stone and wood images and wonderful Hindu and Budd...
The three-storey brick Bhimsen Temple’s is dedicated to the god of trade and business and is always lined with traders selling souvenirs. It’s original building date is unknown but it was restored in ...
The somewhat strange Bhimsen Tower looks like an incongruously-placed lighthouse on the edge of the old town in the Sundara area of the city. It was built in 1826 by the Rana prime minister, Bhimsen T...
Sitting just below the Sivapuri Hills lies the amazing image of Budhanilakantha, ‘Lord blue throat’ after a legend that Vishnu drank poison, related in the Samudra Manthan epic. Here an image of Vishn...
A pleasantly traditional Newari village dating from the 16th century Bungamati is the birthplace of the Kathmandu Valley’s guardian deity, Rato Machhendranath. Overlooking the Bagmati the narrow stree...
The original temple here was built around the 4th century and the current double-roofed structure is said to be the oldest in the Kathmandu Valley. The temple is dedicated to Narayan, an incarnation ...
Chobar is a small village overlooking the Bagmati River as it flows through the Chobar Gorge. The town houses the 15th century Adinath Lokeshwar Temple, dedicated to Rath (Red) Machhendranath and sacr...
The blood-thirsty nature of Shiva’s consort Kali is satisfied on a weekly basis here at Dakshinkali where the black stone, six-armed image has sacrifices made to her twice a week. Non-Hindus cannot en...
