Nepali hindu festival of Tihar with butter lamps in Patan Durbar Square Kathmandu Nepal
Winter night during the Nepali festival of Tihar which is the same as the Indian Hindu celebration of Diwali This is the Unesco world heritage site of Patan close to Kathmandu in this Hindu Himalayan mountain kingdom The tiered pagoda roofs of the temples are part of Nepal’s traditional skyline and a major tourist attraction These historic temples were built by the Malla kings and are hundreds of years old with erotic carvings on the wooden roof struts This square is thought to have the best collection of temple architecture in the region and it is still a place of active worship busy in the morning with a constant stream of worshippers and is often called a living museum
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