Chiva Chaitya - Respect, Promote, Protect

Congratulations to all the qualified participants of the ' Selfie with Chiva '. We have asked for the Selfie.  Chiva Chaitya Organization established with the mission of promotion, preservation and restoration of Chivas and Chaityas of Kathmandu Valley, The organization is carrying out various activities in line with it's mission. 'Selfie with Chiva' is one such activity aiming to bring awareness among general public about the beauty and need for preservation. Manoj Tamang - Winner of Bumper Prize The bumper prize was chosen by lottery among the qualified(those who have sent Selfie only). And the winner of bumper prize of Rs 1000 was Manoj Tamang . We are very encouraged by the participation of many with the selfie. We have sent request to all participants (only to those who have submitted Selfie) to send e-sewa number so that we can send the prize of Rs 100. List of participants(Selfie Senders) winning Rs 100: We thank you all for your participation and we hop...

Children and youths are the pillars and our hope in heritage protection . Once they understand the importance of heritage preservation, they can carry on our work for promotion and restoration of heritage like Chivas of Kathmandu Valley. One of the missions of the Chiva Chaitya organizations is to increase awareness among the younger population about the importance of the heritage because of their economic and social values. The Chiva Chaitya organization gave a talk on Chiva, need for their preservation and the work being done by the organization for awareness, documentation and restoration of Chivas and Chaityas of Kathmandu Valley. The event was done with the group of students of Jagat Sundar Bonekuthi School at Lakha Tirtha, Kathmandu. We would like to thank the management of the School, specially the principal (Sunita ma'am) for organizing the event and the students of the School who have participated. The organization will be happy to come and give brief talk program on the ...

Every Chiva restored is a heritage revived for future generations. It is of great pleasure to report that a Chiva damaged and fallen apart in the stairs of Swoyambhu has been repaired and restored at the original place besides the eastern stairs. Chiva after restoration The  activities done by the Chiva Chaitya Organization included  among other things: Coordination   with Federation of Swoyambhu Development Committees, Ward office and local community Finding and coordinating with the   family who had established   this Chiva Finding parts   of the Chiva from stores Repairing   the Chiva parts and   making missing parts   like the pinnacle Re-instating   at the original place The Chiva was missing at the place Parts needed to be searched and matched with the Chiva and missing parts needed to be constructed The family performed rituals as per the Buddhist tradition on the occasion of restorations.  The CCO(Chiva Chaitya Organization...