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Evening prayers at Kaal Bhairav, Basantapur. Blue-hour incense and flickering oil lamps light the crowd as drums and bells echo across the square. The 12-foot Kaal Bhairav—carved from a single stone—depicts a fierce manifestation of Lord Shiva, revered as the god of time and death. Installed here in the 17th century by King Pratap Malla, the shrine remains one of Kathmandu Durbar Square’s most prominent landmarks.

Good Morning from the Top of The World

Sunrise On Mt Everest

Photo: jongriffithphotography

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“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. Since man is mortal, the only immortality possible for him is to leave something behind him that is immortal since it will always move.” ― William Faulkner

AN ANCIENT TEMPLE

Patan after dark—street sellers at the night market, a Buddha statue glowing under warm light, and a tiered temple framed against the night sky.