Patan Durbar Square is one of the world heritage site recognized by UNESCO. It is one of the oldest city of Kathmandu valley. It is always a good time going around to these heritage sites with friends. I just wanted to share some of the picture from Patan Durbar Square, Mangalbazar and Kartik Naach which is celebrated every year at this place. This place consists of many temples major being Krishna Mandir, right now many renovation works are going around there.
Taleju Bhawani
Nawami day of Dashai is the time many people in Kathmandu visit Taleju Bhawani situated inside Basantapur Durbar. This is the day when this temple is open whole day for public to worship. Today I wanted to capture some night shots of this temple and around Basantapur. Here are some picture which I took so that many my friends who are abroad and missing Dashai.
Wish you all “Happy Bijaya Dashami”
Where ever there is a Newar community you will experience different festivals. The Newars’ festival is not only limited to Kathmandu Valley, but they have taken their culture to different places where they have settled.
This festival of Pokhara is unique in itself. It had a written history of more than 270 years, but locals say it existed from more than that. Previously, this festival was celebrated in every 12 years’ time but now they celebrate this in every 6 years.
I love rock music, from the early age when I started listening to music. I was introduced to the music of Def Leppard, Ozzy Osbourne, GN’R, Metallica and many to name here. One of them was Scorpions; their power ballads, their love songs, you can feel their music and lyrics.
When MTV was introduced in Nepal, watching the rock bands’ songs and their concert videos was one of my passions. By that time, I had a dream that at least I will attend one rock concert of my favorite band in my life. I had one opportunity to watch Metallica when I was in Bay Area in San Francisco, but due to some problem, I could not watch them.
It’s been almost 5 months I have been living in Bangkok. I have heard about the Thai culture from childhood and many of them are similar to our Hindu culture.
Yesterday I observed the first Thai festival called Loi Krathong. It is always a fun to participate in festival and take pictures for me. Actually I was curious to know about this festival and how they celebrate.
The show must go on
It is the participation of people which preserves the culture, and in this run public of Patan are ahead. Kartik Naach is one of Patan’s unique culture. This is a performing art which contains some moral stories and Hindu stories and traditional music. It had begun from 12th November 2010. This festival will be celebrated till 19th November 2010. This year I am going to miss the last day of the show.
Nhudaya Bhintuna – Nepal Sambat 1131
Taking pictures of Nhudaya Bhintuna rally is always a fun. This year I tried to capture the moments with my New Nikkor lens 10-24 mm. I took some picture during the rally and later at night in the Basantapur area. The rally shows the rich culture of Kathmandu valley and the Newar community of this valley.
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