cover image: Scaffolding at temple entrance

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Scaffolding at temple entrance

1959

Bamboo scaffolding surrounds this entrance to Pashupatinath Temple. Within, the golden Nandi can be seen. A stone sculpture of a lion decorates the doorway. People throng to the temple on this festival day in Kathmandu.
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Authors

Halpern, Joel Martin

Collection
Joel M. Halpern Papers
Format
Photographs Slides (photographs)
Pages
1 slide ; 5 x 5 cm.
Place Discussed
Nepal
Provider
Digital Commonwealth
Published in
Nepal
Reference
Local other: mufs001-np-i0236
Rights
Contact host institution for more information. All rights for this image are held by Joel M. Halpern. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/054a1f39b052ee0703972ebabc1c5b3a