Sunday, February 18, 2007

As I'm sure we're all ready to move on to another city, I'll combine the last two temples on our Patan visit. The honeycombed shape one is Mahabuddha, a 17th century temple built entirely of terrracotta tiles, each with a Buddha image. The temple was destroyed by an earthquake in 1934, but then put together like a giant jigsaw puzzle from the ruins. It didn't exactly match up, so they built a smaller version of the temple nearby with the leftover pieces. The other two photos are of the Machendranath Mandir, an elaborate wooden temple that houses a statue that is worshipped by just about every religious group in Nepal, although none of them agree as to which god they're actually worshipping.






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