New photobook is a must-have guide for visitors to Lalitpur, and also for residents
A mixed media exhibition are windows on a tangible, architectural archive of Patan
Patan’s Rato Matsyendranath procession is an intergenerational and transboundary festival
Preserving the ancient practice of bronze sculpting in Nepal
Photo: DEEPAK TOLANGEWhen Kathmandu-based filmmaker Deepak Tolange visited the Museum of Asian Art in Berlin seven years ago, he sought out the…
Picture of Astaman Maharjan in Ananda NiketanTen years ago, Patan’s Astaman Maharjan donated a plot of land in a prime location and Rs5 million…
The 8.3M earthquake that struck at 2:28PM on 15 January 1934 was the last major quake to hit Kathmandu before the 2015 Gorkha earthquake. Nearly…
The artist shows us the loss of old Kathmandu Valley with his intense drawings of a densely-packed urbanscape.
Kuthu Math. All photos: ROBERT POWELL/TARAGAON MUSEUMRobert Powell’s drawing of the courtyard façade of Kuthu Math in Bhaktapur is a prime…
Nepal Embassy in Washington receives the 10th century Uma Maheswar statue from Denver Museum on Monday. The figure was stolen from Patan…
Fresh snow blown off the tops of Kang Nachugo and Tsubugo in Rolwaling Himal is back-lit by the rising sun. Kathmandu photos by Kunda…
The 2015 earthquake damaged 7,923 schools and 49,681 classrooms in 14 districts in Central Nepal. Of these, 6,085 schools have been rebuilt and…
Kathmandu Valley's ponds need to be revived, not just restored
Nepal Army personnel perform final rites of a daily wage worker who passed away this week. Photo: RSSIt was 11am on Monday morning in a quiet…
Photos: Bikram Rai and Monika Deupala
Despite contradictory government directives about the Machindranath Chariot in Patan due to the COVID-19 crisis, the local community trust in…
Sunday's cabinet meeting at the prime minister's resident in Baluwatar, the first since Prime Minister Oli had his second kidney transplant two…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccGvvnK0tsQ&feature=youtu.beA popular Newari festival observed every year during the December full moon, Yomari…
We have undersold Kathmandu Valley’s nightlife, but not in the way you might like to think
PAST GLORY: Bhasmeswar Mahadev Temple before it was destroyed by the 1934 earthquake, with Uma Maheswar on the left and Patan Darbar behind it.…
Our ancestors knew how to store monsoon runoff for year-round use, we must learn from them
The combined power of eight former living goddesses brought down an April storm on a book launch
Patan’s historic temple is not just being rebuilt, but restored to its pre-1934 look
