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Namaste! Join me as I take you on an adventure through Nepal in the heart of the Himalayas. Submissions are open!

<p><a href="http://hinducosmos.tumblr.com/post/129821924480/shiva-mask-for-linga-cover-c-16th-century-malla" class="tumblr_blog">hinducosmos</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><b>Shiva Mask for Linga Cover</b> <br/> c. 16th century, Malla Dynasty (1200-1769) Nepal<br/> Mercury-gilded copper alloy repoussé with pigment<br/> (via <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/88506.html">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>)</p></blockquote>

hinducosmos:

Shiva Mask for Linga Cover
c. 16th century, Malla Dynasty (1200-1769) Nepal
Mercury-gilded copper alloy repoussé with pigment
(via Philadelphia Museum of Art)

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<p><a href="http://theworldon35mm.tumblr.com/post/129920491769/start-of-the-trek-not-far-from-jiri-nepal" class="tumblr_blog">theworldon35mm</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Start of the trek, not far from Jiri, Nepal.</p></blockquote>

theworldon35mm:

Start of the trek, not far from Jiri, Nepal.

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<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://uvniverse.tumblr.com/post/95466677609">uvniverse</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>#nepali #fictional #characters #sherpa #tamang #gurung ladies #Himalayan Characters (at tyauda, kamalachi)</p> </blockquote>

uvniverse:

#nepali #fictional #characters #sherpa #tamang #gurung ladies #Himalayan Characters (at tyauda, kamalachi)

Posted 576 weeks ago
<p>Ganesh. </p>

Ganesh. 

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<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://arete-kai-eudaemonia.tumblr.com/post/129880851107">arete-kai-eudaemonia</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Circumhorizontal arc combined with 22-degree halo: Nuptse summit, Khumjung, Nepal taken from Mt. Everest</p> <p>photo by Neha Gadhiri [3456x2592] National Geographic</p> </blockquote>

arete-kai-eudaemonia:

Circumhorizontal arc combined with 22-degree halo: Nuptse summit, Khumjung, Nepal taken from Mt. Everest

photo by Neha Gadhiri [3456x2592] National Geographic

Posted 576 weeks ago

your opinion on the movie everest? i watched the trailer and they only showed a nepali face ONCE and it gave me the same feeling like taylor swift's music video wildest dreams which plays in africa but they don't show any africans but just white people :/

The movie isn’t about Nepal or even Everest really. It’s just based on one man’s journey climbing “the world’s highest mountain” which happens to be Everest. I know it’s based on a pretty famous book; I can’t seem to remember the name now. I vaguely remember reading it in high school because I saw the word ‘Nepal’ in it and in the end I was like “meh okay”. I’d put my money and time some place else personally, but if someone wants to watch a westerner’s journey of climbing Everest with possibly lots of exaggeration or inaccurate portrayal of many things as Hollywood is infamous for: then ok this movie is for you.

The movie isn’t going to be about Nepal, it just happens to be the location of the story that’s all.

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<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://afp-photo.tumblr.com/post/129845990229">afp-photo</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>NEPAL, Kathmandu : Nepalese Hindu priests clean the idol of Swet Bharab, which is uncovered only during the Indra Jatra festival, on the first day of festivities at Hanuman Dhoka in Kathmandu on September 25, 2015. The eight-day festival celebrates Indra, the king of gods and god of rains. Kumari, the living goddess, is also taken around parts of the capital city in a religious procession during the festival. AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA                        <br/></p> </blockquote>

afp-photo:

NEPAL, Kathmandu : Nepalese Hindu priests clean the idol of Swet Bharab, which is uncovered only during the Indra Jatra festival, on the first day of festivities at Hanuman Dhoka in Kathmandu on September 25, 2015. The eight-day festival celebrates Indra, the king of gods and god of rains. Kumari, the living goddess, is also taken around parts of the capital city in a religious procession during the festival. AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA                        

Posted 577 weeks ago

can you name us some deities that are only worshipped in nepal? like rato machhendranath?

Taleju Bhawani + Kumari as an incarnation of the goddess, Nava Durga Puja: Worship of young girls as representations of Goddess Durga and Shakti, Mahakaala, Bhimsen, …there is so much more. I’m only fully familiar with the Nava Durga Puja as I was worshipped in those ceremonies as a form of one of the Durgas when I was a child. It varies greatly from one ethnicity to the other and every community has their own local deity that they worship. I don’t know all of them unfortunately because it’s a very broad topic. Here is a link that lists some of the deities and talks about their significance: 

http://www.welovenepal.com/eng/?page_id=51

There are quite a lot of books that also talk about it:

Inscriptions of Ancient Nepal: Inscriptions By D. R. Regmi LINK

Religion in Nepal By K. R. van Kooij LINK

The Sunuwar of Nepal and their Sense of Communication: A Study in the … By Werner M. Egli LINK

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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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