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How a Kathmandu Group Is Protecting and Restoring Their Monuments

The ancient monuments are at risk but there's hope for the future


This growth has strained every aspect of Kathmandu's infrastructure, including preserving its ancient monuments out in the open, which are now competing for space with new developments and roads. While well-known monuments like the Swayambhunath and Boudhanath Stupas are kept in relatively good condition, the same cannot be said for many smaller similar structures. It's not uncommon to see a 1,000-year-old stone structure—called a chivachaitya, or stupa—falling apart, with bricks and stone carvings missing, plants growing out of them, covered in enamel paint, "fixed" with cement or surrounded by trash.

(extract from article by Elen Turner in tripsavvy.com )

Read at https://www.tripsavvy.com/restoring-ancient-monuments-in-nepal-5194283



We would like to thank Elen for raising this subject.

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