The Golden Gate of the Royal Palace (Durbur).
The Royal Roman-Style Bath.
Snake 'protecting' the Royal Bath. Animals play a large part in Hinduism, and especially as protectors.
The extremely unique spout. Covered in intricate carvings of all different animals.
Shiva carving by a famous artist whose hand was chopped off soon after this was done (by order of the Ruler of Bhaktapur, in order to prevent another village from convincing the artist to go do work for them). Our guide was just fantastic, and having a guide made a huge difference, because not only was he a wealth of knowledge, but having him kept other random would-be guides from pestering us.
The Golden Gate of the Royal Palace (Durbur).
The Royal Roman-Style Bath.
Snake 'protecting' the Royal Bath. Animals play a large part in Hinduism, and especially as protectors.
The extremely unique spout. Covered in intricate carvings of all different animals.
Shiva carving by a famous artist whose hand was chopped off soon after this was done (by order of the Ruler of Bhaktapur, in order to prevent another village from convincing the artist to go do work for them). Our guide was just fantastic, and having a guide made a huge difference, because not only was he a wealth of knowledge, but having him kept other random would-be guides from pestering us.
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