Bungmati

These pictures were taken after June 2015 during my visits to the town.

Bungmati Extents as of 2015

Google Earth View of Bungmati July 2015

Ruins of the Machindranath Temple
(July 2015)

Salvaged Wooden members (Window frames, floor joists etc.)
 and Telia Roof Tiles stacked next to a Chibaha

Supports to the leaning walls and the precarious narrow lanes
For now a dead end

Ruins of a private house inside a courtyard

Access to a private courtyard

Main access to a private courtyard connecting 4 residential dwellings

Newer wooden doors
(Devoid of carving)

 Damaged buildings along its narrow lanes

Make shift access since actual lane sits buried below
the rubble of fallen homes

Hybrid structure badly damaged 

One of the fallen older buildings showing
the weight that was stacked on the attic making it more vulnerable

Most of the damage among older mud-brick buildings was
seen to the be on the Gable end of the building

One of the ponds at the outside of the old town
awaits cleaning

All the rubble has been cleared here.
he Plinth sits clean awaiting reconstruction

One of the damaged buildings next to the Machindranath Temple

Badly Damaged building

Culture on Life Support

Its been well over a year since the twin earthquakes that rocked the country in April-May 2015 that left the cultural heritage of the Kathmandu Valley in ruins.

As I finally come back to this blog after a long hiatus - it makes sense to compare what was to what is now. You can easily find the older pictures in the older posts so I won't be posting them again.

Some glimpses of what remains now-

Basantapur Dabali/Square was a place of refuge and temporary camps
(July 2015)

Damaged side bay of the Gaddi Baithak
(July 2015)

A site not seen before
(July 2015)

View of Mul Chowk from Bhandarkhal, Patan Durbar (May 2016)

Kathmandu, Entrance to Nasal Chowk (May 2016)

Temple at Patan Durbar Square (May 2016)

Gaddi Baithak, Kathmandu (May 2016)

What remains of Kasthamandap, Kathmandu (May 2016)

Temple to the South West of Kasthamandap, Kathmandu
(May 2016)

Temples on Life supports, Patan Durbar
(May 2016)

Felled top of the Pratap Malla Steele, Kathmandu Durbar
(May 2016)

Hanuman Dhoka, Kathmandu
(May 2016)

Temple, Kathmandu Durbar
(May 2016)

Retrieved pillars stored and being restored at Patan Bhandarkhal, Patan Museum
(May 2016)

Retrieved Corninces, Patan Durbar
(May 2016)

Pratapur Temple at Swayambhu awaiting restoration (Oct 2016)

Damaged Temple at Rani Pokhari (Oct. 2016)
Temple reconstruction was halted due to public furor over
proposed reconstruction methods & materials

Rani Pokhari dried out for repair works (Oct. 2016)

Taleju Temple Repair work (Dec.2016)

Nasal Chowk, Hanumandhoka (Dec.2016)

Shiv-Parvati Temple, Basantapur (Dec.2016)

Jagannath Temple, Hanumandhoka (Dec. 2016)

Octagonal Temple Reconstruction works (Dec. 2016)

The Equestrian Sculptures from Rana Period

At the North-East corner of Tudikhel South of Shahid Gate

Infront of Singha Durbar next to Bhadrakali

At the South-West corner of Tudikhel (next to General Post Office)

At the North-West corner of Tudikhel south of Shahid-gate

View from street level

At the North-East corner of Tudikhel next to old bus park
East of the Sainik Manch

Close up of the same

For more info on these statues, you can visit the link below -
http://www.spotlightnepal.com/News/Article/Equestrians-And-Sculptures