Metal work in Patan Durbar Square Nepal assembling a Hindu god
A talented tradesman at work in Patan in February 2005 This area of Kathmandu is famous for its metalworkers who fabricate the gods and goddesses of the Hindu and Buddhist religions This workshop is one of many just a tiny room fronting straight on to the main street Nepal is a very poor country and trade with tourists is a welcome source of extra revenue The craftsmen make statues from the legends of both Hinduism and Buddhism as in the Kathmandu valley especially there is a unique blending of these two religions
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