Mero Dhangadhi

me-lapislazuli:

Morning at begnas lake | by engkhalidjamal | http://ift.tt/1QoX8D6

Begnas Lake. Near Pokhara. Nepal

photos-worth:

KANGTEGA PEAK, by SKAMAN306

Kangtega peak from periche village on the way to everest basecamp 2016

gavingough:

“I have been selling bags and bracelets in Durbar Square for many years. When the earthquake came, my friends and I were sitting just over there. It was so scary. I saw many temples fall. Tourists helped us try to pull people out but it was so difficult. My home was OK but we were too scared to stay inside so we slept at the temple for one month. Now, there are not so many tourists so it’s hard to make enough money but I still meet my friends here for chai.”

After chatting for a while, Bhagawati bought me a cup of hot, sweet chai from a local vendor. She refused to take any money to pay for it. It wasn’t a ruse to get me to buy her bags. She simply said, “This time, I buy. Welcome to Nepal. Next time, you buy. That’s fair.”

I’ve been the recipient of so many acts of generous hospitality over the years, you might think I couldn’t be floored by another. Yet there it is.

#nepal #kathmandu #earthquakestories #nepalphotoproject (at Kathmandu, Nepal)

It’s been a year today since last year’s disastrous earthquake in Nepal. Take some time today to think about all those who were affected and those 8000+ people who lost their lives in this tragedy. Relief efforts are still going on so donate to them if you’re able to do so.

freddie-photography:

From my himalayas archive ‘Mountain Mist’ 

Buy prints: Society6.com

By Frederick Ardley Photography

nepal:

Nepalese Bride. 

Photo by: Olga Saliy

kentafujiki:

Birthplace of Buddha, Maya Devi Temple , Lumbini, NEPAL

boneandpapyrus:

Bodhisattva White Avalokiteshvara 

Nepal, 14th century (early Malla period)

Standing poised in the elegant tribhanga (triple-bent) pose, White Avalokiteshvara (literally, The Lord Who Looks down from on High) is a popular guardian deity of the Kathmandu Valley of the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, and pious Buddhists perform a special puja (ritual worship) to him each month. 

Source: Freer-Sackler Galleries