The heart of Kathmandu: the Durbar Sqare with it's ancient
temples.
View of the Jagannath temple.
The old royal palace (Hanuman Dhoka).
A woman passes the Kabindrapur temple (right side).
In the background: Lakshmi Narayan temple
and behind Maju Deval.
Bheirap (a fearful appearence of the god Shiva in Nepal).
Before bringing your wishes to a god, you need
to ring a bell (left side).
The god Ganesh with the elephant head. It's the
god of prosperity and wisdom and the most popular one.
The Kumari Bahal - The House of the Living Goddess.
A young girl lives here, who is selected as the living goddess
until she reaches puberty. She shows up at the balkony for
some seconds (of course no photos are allowed) and you are
allowed to see her only once. There's priest watching over
this...
