Author: Desmond Doig
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 246
ISBN/UPC (if available): 817223371X
Description
A collection of delighted columns, this work, reflects the passion the author felt for Kathmandu.
The land of stupas and hawkers, hippies and tourists, forgotten shrines and temples, the home of the Pashupatinath and the Living Goddess Kumari, Doig was completely enchanted by the city.
An artist's impression of the emerald valley acompanied with his vivid sketches and research by Dubby Bhagat are lively poignant and reminiscent of a forgotten era.
RESEARCH BY:
Dubby Bhagat has been a salesman, a journalist, and advertising copywriter, a guide and a hotelier in The Everest Hotel, Nepal's premier five-star property. With his mentor Desmond Doig, he helped to design The Malla Hotel and The Shangri-la. He lives in Kathmandu.
Contents
Foreword
The Light of Many Suns
Of Divine Street Walkers
The Stupa of a Million Dewdrops
The Mystery of the Black Bhairab
The Forgotten Shrine of the Sikhs
The Gate of the Vermilion god
Where Serpents Breathe Fire
Processions for a Grieving Queen
A Goddess from Calcutta ?
When a Goddess Played Dice
The House of the Living Goddess
The Hill of the Flaming Lotus
The Stupa Built by Time
The Golden Mask of the White Bhairab
A House for Shiva and Parvati
The City Vishnu May Have Built
A Golden Gateway for a Goddess
Was There a Yeti in the Royal Zoo ?
The Temple of the Trinity
The Courtyard of a Thousand Delights
A Decapitated God and an Insatiable Princess
A Monument to an Angry God
Three Golden Kings
Down History's Narrow Lanes
A Temple to Bhimsen, the Pandava
A Temple of Dubious Reputation
On the Banks of Eternity Itself
A Courtyard to the Buddha's Memory
Patan's Monastery Fantastic
In the Heart of Eternity Itself
No Water in the Royal Bath
Rape in Eternity Itself
A Bountiful Rani and a Great Bell
A Temple to a Compassionate God
A Victim of the Mahabharata
A Temple to a Secretive Goddess
Patan's Grand Temple Golden
A Temple to Ravana's Memory
The Village of the Dancing Durga
The Water Gardens of Balaju
The Pottery Temple
The Vanishing Courtyard of the Medicine Men
The Hill of the Camphor Tree
The Jewelled Gift of a Snake God
Tantric Secrets in a Deep Forest
A Divine Sleep in Stone
The Temple of the Rising Sun
The Gorge of the Flaming Sword
The Greatest Building of Them All
Nana Sahib's Jewels Were Kept Here
Three Men on a Horse
The Gates to the Royal Palace
The Kali of the South
A Cow Festival to Honour the Dead
Taking Toothaches to a God
A living Monument to a Glorious Past
A Monument to an Indian Princess
When Indra Was Caught Stealing
The Days of Dasasin
Under the Spreading Peepal Tree