Bhaktapur, a cultural capital of Nepal

Bhaktapur, also Bhadgaon or Khwopa, is an ancient Newar town in the east corner of the Kathmandu Valley. Bhaktapur is listed as a World Heritage sites by UNESCO for its rich culture. It was once the capital of Nepal during the great Malla Kingdom until the second half of the 15th century.

An Old man taking rest in front of Bhaktapur Durbar Square.

"I Want Prosperity": The art of making clay pottery is as old as human civilization. Despite of all influences of modernization and development, the potters of Bhaktapur still find their livelihood on their potter's wheels.

Nyatapola Temple: one of the temples that are still in existence today is the Nyatapola Temple, which was built in 1702 A.D under the rule of king Bhupatindra Malla.

Kalinchowk; a little visited wonder

Kalinchowk , at the height of 3790 meters, from this place one can get a breathtaking panoramic view  of Annapurna, Lamjung, Manaslu, Ganesh Himal, Shisha Panga, Langtang, Dorjee Lakpa, Jugal Himal, Amabamori, Gauri Shanker and Namburi Himal. At the top of the rocky spire of Kalinchowk there is prominent temple of the Hindus called the Kalinchowk Bhagawati (Kali) temple.

A five to nine (depends on your walk) hours walk from the Charikot; bears an incredible beauty that one must see during the life time. The places like Deurali, Chautri, Gairi and Kuri comes on the way to Kalinchowk.

Description: Deurali, 1and half hours walk from Charikoti

 Description: Sun set view from Gairi

 Description: Early in the morning rays at the hotel we stayed at Kuri

 Description: View of Kuri Kharka (4500m)

 Description: View from Kuri early in the morning.

 Description: One snap please!! kids asking for photo shot.

  Description: on the way to Kalinchowk from Kuri.

  Description: Rest point for the trekkers. 

 Description: A view seen from top of Kalinchowk

 Description: Temple of the Hindus called the Kalinchowk Bhagawati (Kali) temple.

 Description: kids resting on the bench after worshiping 

 Description: a woman worshiping  Kalinchowk Bhagawati (Kali)

 Description: Waiting for the customer  

Around Swayambhunath

As seen from Swayambhunath 

Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed

Did I feel naked being naked? Yeah. Totally.

                       Thirsty Monkey 

Sometimes the most urgent thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest.

 

Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.

             

 mother's love 

 a view from Sassy डाँडा

Reflection

A reflection of traditional houses seen on the pond of Bhaktapur.

In Search for Water

A man fetching the water from well, even though the water doesn’t seems clean and we can see this source of water is also getting dry. The daily demand of drinking water per day inside the valley is more than 230 million liters, whereas 110 million liters is only able to supply every day. 

Traditional House in Bhaktapur

A view of traditional house in Bhaktapur, Nepal. These Traditional houses and temples are the main attraction   for tourist to visit Bhaktapur. 

Hike to Champadevi

Here are the pictures of Champadevi hiking done on 8^th June, 2012.

Early in the morning we (Surya Sunwar, Amit Pyakurel and I) took bus from old bus park, Kathmandu and about an hour we reached to Pahiro, a plae in Pharping which is about 17 kilometers south of Kathmandu and lies on the way to Dakshinkali Temple. As we begin to hike the trail heads north along the pine forested ridge and HattiBan Resort about an hour, then the trail makes around bond towards south and takes another 3 hour’s walk to reach Champadevi. The views of Himalayan ranges, Kathmandu valley and green hills were really magnificent. After enjoying the splendid view, we come down following the another route which directly links to Taudaha  for about 2 hour and take bus back to Kathmandu.