Statue of Ganesh covered in red powder on the side of the Godavari Kunda sacred spring.

Buddhist stupa hung with prayer flags in temple complex.

Tibetans hanging the stupa with prayer flags for new year celebrations.

Detail of Buddha statue anointed with pink powder.

Woman in traditional dress with straw.

Women farmers planting rice seedlings in irrigated terrace

Women threshing wheat in the street.

Women working in terraced wheat field.

Gurung village on steep terraced slope with Annapurna South in the background. The Gurung are indigenous peoples and devout Buddhists.

Man worshipping in sunken tank and former royal bath known as Tusha Hiti in Sundari Chowk Mangal Bazar. Originally built c. 1670 and restored 1960.

Woman making offerings at the Kala Bhairab or black Shiva in Durbar Square representing the fearsome Tantric form of Shiva in Nepal.

Buddhist priests and family bless young boy with milk during his bhartavan or manhood ceremony.