Mero Dhangadhi

arjuna-vallabha:

Janaki temple, Janakpur, Nepal, Sita Devi birthplace

Good news: I’ve been informed that the story about some church in Nashville sending bibles to Nepal is a fake story done by a satirical news website. I should’ve fact checked before posting it on here. I would like to apologize to anyone who thought it might be credible since it was posted on here. 

Just gives us a reminder to not believe things at face value and actually do some research before sharing it with others. 

Again, I would like to apologize. 

magictransistor:

Chakrasamvara Mandala. Thakuri early Malla Periods, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. 1100.

This ritual diagram (mandala) is conceived as the cosmic palace of the wrathful Chakrasamvara and his consort, Vajravarahi, seen at center. These deities embody the esoteric knowledge of the Yoga Tantras. Six goddesses on stylized lotus petals surround the divine couple. Framing the mandala are the eight great burial grounds of India, each presided over by a deity beneath a tree. The cemeteries are appropriate places for meditation on Chakrasamvara and are emblematic of the various realms of existence. The lower register contains five forms of the goddess Tara, a tantric adept at left, and two donors at right. This mandala is one of the earliest surviving large-scale paintings known from Nepal. Stylistic features relate it to Nepalese manuscript covers and to eastern Indian palm-leaf manuscript illustrations of the twelfth century.