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Contesting Place in a Post-colonial Space

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(Re)colonizing Tradition

A Pedestrian Guide to a "Traditional" City

Welcome to Bhaktapur

[1] The Tea Stall at Guhepukhu

[2] Nava Durga Chitra Mandir

[3] Khauma Square

[4] Tourist Motor Park

[5] Indrani Pitha

[6]Lasku Dhwakha Gate

[7]Char Dham

[8]Cafe de Temple

[9]Batsala Temple

[10] Batsala Temple

[11] City Hall

[12] The Procession Route

[13] Pujari Math

[14] The Peacock Restaurant

[15] Sewage Collection Ponds

[16] Bhairavanath Temple

Mandala

In Newar usage, a mandala is a magic diagram (Jorgensen 1989) . In Sanskrit usage, a mandala simply denotes the quality of being round as expressed in everything from leprosy spots to the ring of neighbor-states surrounding a kingdom. In design, a mandala is an arrangement of deities conceived of in set and laid out along the axis of the cardinal points around a center. It has long been recognized that Nepalšs landscape is a religious geography organized mandalically.