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copyright (c) 2014 Kevin Bubriski
Men, women, and children stand in a monsoon rain anticipating the living goddess Kumari's chariot ride through Kathmandu
Object Number 2015.2.26.7
Display Title Men, women, and children stand in a monsoon rain anticipating the living goddess Kumari's chariot ride through Kathmandu
Descriptions
Object Description Men, women, and children stand in a monsoon rain anticipating the living goddess Kumari's chariot ride through Kathmandu. The King of Nepal, too, was scheduled to parade through Durbar Square during the Hanuman Dhoka Indra Jatra festival. Kathmandu, 1976, p. 29
Department Photographic
Date 1976
Artist Kevin Bubriski (1978)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Nepal
Materials Digital
Quantity 1
Credit Line Robert Gardner Visiting Artist Fellow
Provenance
Seller Kevin Bubriski (1/7/2015)

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copyright (c) 2014 Kevin Bubriski
2015.2.26.55 Young men on a motorcycle caught in traffic near Singha Durbar, the seat of Nepal's government. Kathmandu
Nepal
copyright (c) 2014 Kevin Bubriski
2015.2.26.39 A Nepali government soldier at Hanuman Dhoka, Durbar Square
Nepal
copyright (c) 2014 Kevin Bubriski
2015.2.26.8 A porter wrapped tightly in his shawl on a cold winter morning awaits work at Kathmandu's Durbar Square
Nepal
copyright (c) 2014 Kevin Bubriski
2015.2.26.40 Troops patrolling near Indra Chowk. Kathmandu
Nepal
copyright (c) 2014 Kevin Bubriski
2015.2.26.16 The Garuda statue in front of Kastamandap early on a winter morning at the time of Newar New Year. Durbar Square, Kathmandu
Nepal
copyright (c) 2014 Kevin Bubriski
2015.2.26.23 A fruit seller displays fresh produce at her shop between Durbar Square and Dattatreya Square, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley, 1985
Nepal
copyright (c) 2014 Kevin Bubriski
2015.2.26.21 A mother and daughter who live as squatters at the Pashupatinath temple. The mother holds a portrait of her son, who had left Nepal to work in India. Kathmandu
Nepal
copyright (c) 2014 Kevin Bubriski
2015.2.26.19 In one of the Licchavi settlements of the Kathmandu Valley, a Shiva Temple is swallowed by the roots of a peepal tree. Hadigaon, Kathmandu
Nepal
copyright (c) 2014 Kevin Bubriski
2015.2.26.42 Monks and pilgrims on the Boudhanath Stupa. Kathmandu, 2005, p. 229
Nepal
copyright (c) 2014 Kevin Bubriski
2015.2.26.1 A young monk at Sital Niwas awaits the historic visit of the Panchen Lama, Kathmandu, 1987
Nepal
copyright (c) 2014 Kevin Bubriski
2015.2.26.18 Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche of Bhutan. Boudhanath, Kathmandu Valley, 1984
Nepal
copyright (c) 2014 Kevin Bubriski
2015.2.26.20 The sadhu Shyam Puri Naga Baba visits Pagalananda Baba's aghori dhuni (sacred fire) at the ghats, the place of funeral cremations. Aghori sadhus, followers of Shiva, live and practice rituals at these charnel houses. Pashupatinath, Kathmandu
Nepal