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Jim-ba!

The man who taught me to ride a motorbike.

Jim-ba!

The man who exists no more.

SKIN – V

The final set.

SKIN – II

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Skin is a series of portraits that I have started working on. When i started taking pictures for this project, i just took a subject and started shooting. Nothing in my mind, no concept, no ideas, no stories, Nothing. The pictures came out  good but not satisfying.

I knew I wanted to take portraits and I knew i wanted the content to be minimal. That is how I came up with the idea of not showing…

Virupakshawas the chief of the Nagas, one of the different tribes from the primitive age in Nepal. They were of a matriarchal society, so the women folks had more sway in comparison to the men folks. Women were the rightful claimants of the power and property. That’s why in the society of those days the sexual freedom was given priority to all even among brothers and sisters, so to say mother…

  DHUMRA BARAHA

Manifestation of : Vishnu

Date of establishment : ca 5th century (same time as Bouddhanath was established)

Location : Chandol, Dhumbarahi

Size : Approx 4ft x 2 1/2 ft

Face of direction: Face (South)

Body (West)

Other Gods in the Statue : Basugi Naag ( the one Dhumra Baraha is stepping on)

Dharti Mata ( one being carried on the shoulders)

Ornaments : Bala

Kanthara

Janai

Dhotee

Ka…

Gajalakshmi, that is Lakshmi with elephants, is one of the most significant Ashtalakshmi aspects of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. The elephants flanking her are shown as pouring water from their trunk over the goddess. This aspect like most other aspects of Lakshmi is representative of prosperity, good luck, and abundance; and the Gajalakshmi motifs are very common in Hindu and Buddhist iconography.

EARLY SETTLEMENT IN PATAN

Patan (Sanskrit: पाटन Pātan, Newar: यल Yala) is the third largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu and Pokhara and it is located in the south-central part of Kathmandu Valley. Patan is also known as Manigal. Patan, Yala and Lalitpur are more common and equally used. Patan represents a simplification of Lalitpattana, and since the 17th century has been used mainly by outsiders and even the Newari…