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A Beautiful Mess It’s that place where even though the air is more polluted, breathing is much lighter.
Because even though the traffic suffocates it and the dust stains it, the road seems clearer.
The sun is brighter, the moon is whiter.
The cold becomes an ally, the noise, a lullaby.
The monsoon brings festivities, colours. It drowns out the drought.
Smells soar in from every alley, every road, through every particle of air: popcorn, wood, petrol, fish, dye, taama, gundruk, metal.
A puddle here a motorbike there, a saree shop away, a kirana pasal to the left, a tourist on a rickshaw. A hotel called this, and an institution for that.
Mountains to picture, villages to discover.
Trucks on dirt-roads and Range Rovers on driveways.
It’s a beautiful mess. It’s home.
Kathmandu, Nepal.
Nostalgia: A Beautiful Mess via sorcerous-epiphany
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<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://freddie-photography.tumblr.com/post/41394924861/snowy-peaks-nepal-by-freddie-ardley">freddie-photography</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>Snowy Peaks</strong></em> - nepal</p> <p>By <a href="http://freddie-photography.tumblr.com" target="_self">Freddie Ardley</a></p> </blockquote>

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Snowy Peaks - nepal

By Freddie Ardley

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<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thepaintedbench.tumblr.com/post/41239415489/prayer-flags-at-everest-base-camp">thepaintedbench</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Prayer Flags at Everest Base Camp</p> </blockquote>

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Prayer Flags at Everest Base Camp

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<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dispirits.tumblr.com/post/41102739173">dispirits</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Western Nepal. By <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8497954@N08/6287987893/in/faves-thiswallflower/">Pawel Bienkowski</a>.</p> </blockquote>

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Western Nepal. By Pawel Bienkowski.

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<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gsecomb.tumblr.com/post/41194344238/paragliding-pokhara-nepal">gsecomb</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Paragliding, Pokhara, Nepal</p> </blockquote>

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Paragliding, Pokhara, Nepal

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<p>Nagarkot, Nepal.</p>

Nagarkot, Nepal.

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<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lalitimpressions.tumblr.com/post/41259900982/pachali-bhairab-pachali-bhairab-of-teku-is-among">lalitimpressions</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Pachali Bhairab</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Pachali Bhairab of Teku is among the most highly revered gods of the Newars of Kathmandu Valley. On the fifth night of Dasain, the Bhairab is taken out of the temple to the chant of tantric prayers and carried from Pachali to Hanuman Dhoka along a pre-ordained route accompanied by the guruju’s ceremonial army, ganesh baja, gathu baja, Ajima (the Bhairab’s wife) and a large number of devotees. The Bhairab is offered a buffalo sacrifice at Hanuman Dhoka and worshipped according to tradition. During the jatra, one guthiyaar (members of a guthis, the community organisations of Newars) has to fast and remain ritualistically pure. He has to dress in white robes and carry a silver plate to play the part of Ajima in the procession. The Ajima remains in a state of senselessness throughout the jatra and it is believed that only after the Ajima is led by the guthiyaars that the Bhairab will follow.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Painting by senior artist Hari Prasad Sharma ©</strong></p> </blockquote>

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Pachali Bhairab

Pachali Bhairab of Teku is among the most highly revered gods of the Newars of Kathmandu Valley. On the fifth night of Dasain, the Bhairab is taken out of the temple to the chant of tantric prayers and carried from Pachali to Hanuman Dhoka along a pre-ordained route accompanied by the guruju’s ceremonial army, ganesh baja, gathu baja, Ajima (the Bhairab’s wife) and a large number of devotees. The Bhairab is offered a buffalo sacrifice at Hanuman Dhoka and worshipped according to tradition. During the jatra, one guthiyaar (members of a guthis, the community organisations of Newars) has to fast and remain ritualistically pure. He has to dress in white robes and carry a silver plate to play the part of Ajima in the procession. The Ajima remains in a state of senselessness throughout the jatra and it is believed that only after the Ajima is led by the guthiyaars that the Bhairab will follow.

Painting by senior artist Hari Prasad Sharma ©

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Basantapur Durbar Square

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Basantapur Durbar Square

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I grew up in a small town helping my parents on their farm. There I developed my love for nature and a desire to explore. Now I travel around the world photographing nature.

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