Pottery Square in Bhaktapur: where a traditional way of life still exists

Drying pots and potters hand in Bhaktapur

Making pots the old fashioned way in Bhaktapur’s pottery square It’s like a step back in time to visit Bhaktapur. Handicrafts are still made by hand here and not imported from China with a label stuck onto them. Traditionally spun and fired clay pots are a fine example of Bhaktapur’s thriving craft trades. It’s a fascinating process to watch. More perhaps …

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The lady who traditionally makes yarn with a spindle in Bhaktapur

Woman spinning yarn in Nepal

Making yarn with a spindle one of many traditional textiles in Nepal Bhaktapur is one of the most fascinating cities in Nepal. Ancient, protected, touristy it still holds onto old traditional ways. Indeed staying in Bhaktapur can be like taking a step back in time. As romantic a notion as this can be there are things that really …

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Traveling to Bhaktapur Nepal – more temples than anywhere else in Nepal

Nyatapola Temple Bhaktapur Nepal

Bhaktapur – the most beautiful old city in all of Nepal If you read about my search of the Kumari then you might have picked up on me mentioning a visit to Bhaktapur. In fact I’ve had many visits and stays in Bhaktapur, which is quite surprising really consider the repulsive entry fee foreigners are charged to enter …

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Samita Bajracharya the little girl who became a Kumari living goddess

Samita Bajracharya, Kumari in Nepal

When a girl becomes a Kumari goddess … My first quest in search of the Kumari was filled with my hope and desire to simply find a legendary person that had alluded me for years. My second hope was to meet and photograph the Kumari. I accomplished this yet at the same time failed when I realized …

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Meeting a living Goddess for the first time: The Kumari

Kumari sitting on her throne staring

Entrance to the Kumari living goddess house In an ancient courtyard walls of stone carved deities, ferocious looking lion guardians and all manner of unknown sculpted faces all stared down at me. As much as I wanted to inspect them up close I was also aware that in this empty square there were probably other more human …

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In search of Nepal’s Living Goddess – the Kumari

Kumari Hands

The Kumaris of Nepal: virgin girls that are living goddesses This is my story in searching, understanding and uncovering the Kumari of Nepal. I’ve been writing about the Kumari for over 10 years now. To understand it all a little better I suggest one should know who or what the living goddess known as the Kumari …

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Travel in search of legends

What is modern travel if it cannot illuminate your imagination Legendary travel quests are nothing new. From Gengis Khan and Alexander the Great’s global conquests to The Holy Roman Empire and Marco Polo’s quests of expansion of one means or another. All the way to todays Great Modern Travelers we’ve witnessed men and women who’ve pushed travel to …

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