10 Walks in Kathmandu

10 Walks in Kathmandu

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Book Specification

Item Code: IDF326
Author: Pankaj A. Raj
Publisher: Rupa Publication Pvt. Ltd.
Language: English
Edition: 2006
ISBN: 8129107813
Pages: 82 (Illustrated with Colour Pictures & Maps)
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 8.4" X 5.4"
Weight 150 gm

Book Description

From the Back of the Book:

This book seeks to encourage more people to explore UNESCO,s World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley such as the Durbar Squares in front of medieval royal palaces, the Bodhnath and Swayambhu stupas and Pashupatinath and Changunarayan temples. These sites are repositories of art and architecture in pagoda and shikhara styles. The Hindu temples and Buddhist stupas from an integral part of the rich cultural heritage of Nepal. But these sites are as much a part of the present as of the past. People make pilgrimages to, and celebrate festivals, at these sites and have cultivated such institutions as the 'living goddess' all of which have combined to bestow the title of a 'living museum' on the Kathmandu Valley.

CONTENTS
Introduction VII
WALK 1
Kathmandu Durbar Square 1
WALK 2
For a Traditional Touch 13
WALK 3
Shopper's Paradise 21
WALK 4
Tourist's Choice 28
WALK 5
Patan - the Buddhist Pantheon 35
WALK 6
Religious Views 45
WALK 7
Pashupatinath Temple 51
WALK 8
Going the Monastic Way 58
WALK 9
Bhaktapur - the Medieval City 66
WALK 10
Preserver's Preserve 76
Further Reading 81

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