Author: Mani Lama
Arati Thapa/
Publisher: Roli Books
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 95
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8174370676
Description
Though open and receptive to western ideas, Nepal has successfully retained its very own mystique charm to this day, lovingly delineated in this book..
Nepal- the abode of gods - the beautiful mountain valley flanking the snow-capped Himalayas is a fascinating tourist's destination. It is a centre of Buddhist pilgrimage, a trekker's delight, a treasure-bed of flora and fauna, a heaven for shoppers. It is also a celebration of life, due to the ;innumerable festivals, many of them originating from delightful legends, which call for much gaiety and revelry round the year..
Nepal's intrepid Gorkha warriors, the illustrious Sherpas, who make wonderful trekking companions and the friendly, cheerful, hard working locals make it an , intriguing amalgam of interesting people, conveyed brilliantly by the special touch of the photographer.
THE PHOTOGRAPHER:.
Mani Lama has been a freelance photographer for 13 years, and has traveled all over Nepal, Tibet, Burma, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.