Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

University of Massachusetts Amherst


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University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Pots are set up in between mats with chiles drying in a Bhaktapur square. Corn is hanging to dry from a roof nearby.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

The Singha Durbar was originally built by the Rana dynasty and it was known as the largest palace of Nepal.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Men carrying baskets of cabbages walk down a street in Patan. Outside a storefront, chiles are drying. Dogs wander down the street.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

A saffron-colored anointment graces a Buddhist shrine sits near a brick wall of a residential area in Kathmandu.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

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 …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Two women stretch out a handloom along a Bhaktapur street.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

A view showing many of the monuments within Durbar square of Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

A priest speaks to a worshipper after handing her some food prepared in a banana leaf. This is part of the scene near the Gokarna Mahadev temple at the Father's …


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

Women dressed in tribal costume walk down a street in Bhaktapur carrying umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun. Along side the street, chiles and grain are drying.