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Kumari, the Living Goddess of Kathmandu

Kumari, Kathmandu's Living Goddess

Natraj Trekking - natrajtrekking [110]

Kathmandu's Living Goddess is an integral part of the daily lives of the people of old Kathmandu...

Destinations: Nepal | Kathmandu
Topics: Culture | Travel | Religion

Kumari, Nepal's "living goddess"

Agence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579]

Nepal's 'living goddess' adjusts to life in the IT sector...

Destinations: Nepal | Kathmandu
Topics: Religion

eTirth.com my Dream work

Saurabh Chavda - etirth [60]

eTirth is my dream work. I love explore different faith, especially Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism and Chritianism. Currently I am exloring and working on three relions, Hindu, Sikh and Jain. I...

Destinations: Bangladesh | Nepal | Pakistan | Tibet | Mount Everest | Singapore | India | China | Thailand
Topics: Festivals | Traditions | Culture | Religion

Film review: Seven Years in Tibet

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [29,099]

Based on a true story, the 1997 Jean-Jacques Annaud film stars Brad Pitt as Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who, during an attempt to scale the Himalayan peak Nanga Parabat, is interned...

Destinations: Lhasa | Tibet
Topics: Culture | People | Literature | Religion | Performing Arts | 20th Century History | Art

Gantey Gompa

Kim Indresano - kindresano [1,077]

Gantey Gompa is the monastery of Phobjika Valley. Its golden roof has particular significance for the revered black neck cranes who migrate here from Ladakh for the winter and use the roof as a point...

Destinations: Thimphu | Bhutan
Topics: Religion | Traditions | Architecture
Yeti Airlines, on the airstrip in Simikot (9,400'), Nepal.

Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 4

Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931]

1st pass, after Simikot We flew from sea level to Simikot at 9,500 feet, and started walking -- up. Amazing, how quickly it all comes back: the agony, first. The slow, panting ascent on astonished,...

Destinations: Nepal | Lhasa | Himalayas | Tibet
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Religion
Fruit seller on the roadside, Nepalganj, Nepal.

Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 1

Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931]

Nepalganj When the Journey Begins The pilgrimage begins when you pack up the computer; when you go off line, unplug the modem and pull out the power cord. That's when the umbilicus is severed, and the...

Destinations: Nepal | Lhasa | Tibet | Nepalganj
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Religion
Evening bazaar, Nepalganj, Nepal.

Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 3

Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931]

Hotel Batika, Nepalganj If this is to be a journey beyond preferences, I am sorry. For I would truly prefer to be elsewhere. I would prefer to be somewhere northwest of Simikot, trekking through the...

Destinations: Nepal | Lhasa | Tibet | Nepalganj
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Religion
Terraced fields along the Karnali River just outside of Muchu, Nepal.

Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 5

Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931]

en route to Kirmi The Karnali is the color of elephant hide, a churning river that looks fully capable of cutting the gorge it flows through; of cutting it another thousand feet. I climb past a high...

Destinations: Nepal | Lhasa | Tibet | Karnali River
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Religion
The southern (or "sapphire") face of Mt. Kailash.

Kailash Pilgrimage Journal

Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931]

16 May - 2 June 2002 * * * * * Day 1: 16 May 2002 / Nepalganj When the Journey Begins The pilgrimage begins when you pack up the computer; when you go off line . . . [ more ] Day 2: 17 May 2002 /...

Destinations: Nepal | Lhasa | Tibet | Kathmandu
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Religion
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