Small girls in Patan
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Shikha Narayan Temple
Vendors of flower garlands on the way to the Daksh…
Tilaka given on the way to the Dakshin Kali temple
The Deity of Lord Vishnu in Budhanilkantha
Dakshin Kali
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Boy brings new lighted butter lamps
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Patan Nepal
Nepalese Chari dance
Prayer flags at the western entrance of Swayambhun…
Shikha Narayan Temple
Slaughtering in Dakshin Kali
Nam Xong river near Pha Tang
Bridge to Sangkhlaburi the city of the Mon people
Wat Wang Wiwekaram in Sangkhlaburi
Sangkhlaburi the city of the Mon people
Serving Peking Duck in a Chinese Restaurant
Shark fins should not be offered in Chinese restau…
Temple guard at Phra Pathom Chedi
Downtown in Bhaktapur
Inside Mani Keshar Chowk in Patan
The door into Mani Keshar Chowk in Patan
Cao Đài Holy See (church) in Tây Ninh
Ca Ty river at Phan Thiết
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The Mekong near Nakhon Phanom
Our host lady and the marketer woman
The Little Brother "Tii Lek" at the Chong Mek mark…
Wat Ban Nam Kam in Nakhon Phanom
Baan Khok near Na Haeo
The Royal Temple Stupa in the complex
Restaurant tent and the Himalaya mountain range
Yak herd and the Himalaya mountain range
Young Tibetan girls in Hor Qu
... the first view to the Holy Kailash mountain
Memo Nanyi (Gurla Mandhata) peak (7728 m)
Clouds scenery at the Memo Nanyi (Gurla Mandhata)…
Manasarovar lake and the Nemo Nanyi (Gurla Mandhat…
Stupas at the Seralung Gompa entrance
Seralung Gompa called also Drigung Kagyü monastery
Mount Kailash
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Swayambhunath Pagoda
According to Swayambhu Purana, the entire valley was once filled with an enormous lake, out of which grew a lotus. The valley came to be known as Swayambhu, meaning "Self-Created." The name comes from and eternal self-existent flame (svyaṃbhu) over which a sūpa was later built.
The Bodhisatva Manjushri had a vision of the lotus at Swayambhu and traveled there to worship it. Seeing that the valley can be good settlement and to make the site more accessible to human pilgrims, Manjushri cut a gorge at Chovar. The water drained out of the lake, leaving the valley in which Kathmandu now lies. The lotus was transformed into a hill and the flower become the Swayambhunath stupa.
The Bodhisatva Manjushri had a vision of the lotus at Swayambhu and traveled there to worship it. Seeing that the valley can be good settlement and to make the site more accessible to human pilgrims, Manjushri cut a gorge at Chovar. The water drained out of the lake, leaving the valley in which Kathmandu now lies. The lotus was transformed into a hill and the flower become the Swayambhunath stupa.
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