Bhairva! Its the face of God Bhairavanath, in Bhairavanath mandir, Pokhara, Nepal.  The illuminated natural throne behind and above the idol is actually the holes made in the wall. Of course, it was the magnificent morning!

A classic window of a classic house, Pokhara, Nepal

Just a window of darbar house!

gombeyaatavayyaa.. A shop displaying the dolls. the design is similar to the thogalu gombe of karnataka.

It's a Door! yes, really.

Kumari Ghar ( House ) - Most artistic roof of the ghar. Crown of culture!

The Kumari is a young girl, believed to be the incarnation of the demon-slaying Goddess Durga.  There are about 11 kumaris across Nepal, but the Kumari Devi (or Raj Kumari - royal goddess) in Kathmandu is the most important.


Here Kumari Devi, The living Goddess Lives :)

a temple as a temporary rest house in the palace premises, Hanuman dhoka, kathmandu

Misty Morning in a harvesting field, Parvat jilla, Near Baglung, Nepal

Heaven! Gandaki valley in Baglung

A humble vaidic student in Muktinaath santa sevashram, Baglung. The aashram belongs to Shri Ramanujaachaarya paramparaa.

Kaali Gandaki! in Baglung, Nepal. The only river where the saaligram are found. The river with harvesting land. 

wanna live like this? come and join me :) Its again a golden life, i die for boating in this lake either in the early morning or in the evening :)

Golden Journey!

Barahi mandir , Pheva Lake, Pokhara. A shop displaying the local ornaments.

Shiva temple with the sunset in the back ground. Nadipur, Pokhara

Phewa lake, Pokhara, a classic and colorful dawn!

Most beautiful sunrise at Sarankot, Pokhara, Nepal.  You know, If you witness this sunrise in the morning, you will be charged like a 1000 vat bulb for a week atleast! Woww.. No words to express.

Local beer container! Let's celebrate :-)

Nandi! at vindhyavasini hill, infront of shiva Temple. Can be renamed as Rudranandi!

Kirat is a tribal community of Nepal. Todays Kirat community, though merged in main stream, are rising voice to maintain their community, on linguistic and cultural basis.Recently they are mentioning kirat as their mother tongue in Nepal census.

another face! inside the gupteshwar cave, pokhara. The structure resembling human face is formed by natural rocks inside the cave.

Bicycle models in a shop! 

Inside the cave.

Inside Gupteshwar mahadev cave, Pokhara. It is believed thaat the cave is 5000 years old and is one of the wonderful & largest cave in south asia. 9993 feet length!
drops of water continuously dripping from the ceiling of the cave is awesome!
In the end of the cave we see a crystal clear pond and from where we can see this aweinspiring patale chaango ( paataala gangaa ) falling right to the top.

 An evening in the valley of sethi river.

In a corner of a harvesting field - pokhara

some more stones with manuscripts and arts - interanational mountain museum, Pokhara, Nepal

Om A ru De? Ancient stone with manuscripts in mountain museum pokhara

Dedicated to the mountaineers who lost their lives!
In front of International mountain museum, Pokhara. Great museum with great dedication towards the history, current affairs of himalayan mountaineering and himalayan clulture.

Sethi river, which flows in the heart of pokhara. The river with its thousand polished hearts.

In the premises of a Shiva temple - Nadipur, Pokhara, on the bank of sethi river

Entrance of vindhyavaasini. kapOta vallabha naatya shikhaa!

Kyaa baath hai!   A guy wandering below the vindhya vasini temple.

The most beautiful view of annapurna range of Himalaya, as seen from the top of the hill, where vindhyavaasinee temple is.

 

Yes. It is a water tap in the entrence of vindhya vaasinee temple, Pokhara. The temple is called as binda baasinee in nepalees. ( where the local nepaalee accent of binda sounds llike bengali "do" en the end ).

One of my friend of andhra here was calling the temple as bindu vaasinee:-) This temple's culture and rituals will be posted shortly

Fish tail mountain

The local Nepali name of this mountain is macchaapucchre - derived from the sanskrit word machcha puccha where the former stands for fish and the later tail. This is one of the beautiful peak in the annapurna range of mountains. Elevation -6,993 m (22,943 ft), Prominence-1,233 m (4,045 ft)