Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

University of Massachusetts Amherst


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University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Painted wooden relief sculpture decorates this door in Bhaktapur, Kathmandu.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Men carrying sacks of grain walk down a street in Bhaktapur. Along side the street, chiles and grain are drying.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Young women dance while others watch at the Teej festival in Kathmandu. Women in the traditional red saris celebrate Teej‚ the festival of Hindu women‚ at the Pashupatinath area. The …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

People walk along the road to a festival. In the background is another line of people walking down another road. It is early in the morning in this town in …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Roof struts of the pagoda-style Badrinatha Tirtha are carved with elaborate, erotic scenes and effigies.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Crowds gather near the Gokarna Mahadev temple at the Father's Day Festival in Gokarna, Nepal, where priests prepare dough balls and other traditional delicacies.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Small farmhouses dot the hillside of the terraced farms of the valley of Kathmandu. The rice paddies are in the foreground.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Houses at the edge of Bhaktapur end at rice paddies and farmland which spread upward into the mountains. Kathmandu valley is dotted with farms.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Girls stand by a small buddhist temple entrance in this town in Kathmandu Valley. It is a festival day.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

This rickshaw has been modified to contain textiles by a cleaning and dyeing company.