Category: nepal
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Lumbini Development Trust Survey
Lumbini is a Nepali town right at the border with India and is the place where Lord Buddha was born and raced as a child in accordance with Emperor Ashoka’s pillar/edict found in the archaeological record. I arrived at Lumbini during the third mass COVID-19 wave in India and some of the Buddhist monasteries were…
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World Peace Pagoda
Lumbini, Nepal. This Peace Pagoda has been built by Nipponzan Nyohoji Buddhist order founded by Most Venerable Nichi Dattsu Fujii of Japan through contribution of devotees in Nepal and Japan. The construction of the peace pagoda all over the world was initiated by the Most Venerable Fujii Guruji after feeling the tragic scene of atomic…
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Bhaktapur Durbar Square
This is basically a royal palace square with many Hindu temples in the traditional Nepali architectural style. The main square of the city, is a conglomeration of stone art, wood carving, and terracotta art and architectural showpieces. The Golden Gate, statue of King Bhupatindra Malla perching on the top of stone monoliths, National Art Gallery,…
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Boudhanath Stupa
After moving from Mexico to Nepal, during the Global Pandemic period of time, I found myself on a Buddhist pilgrimage at Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu Nepal, as part of my scientific research too. It was there when the Buddhist LAMA told me about my falcons and the relation they had with my pass lives as a…
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Pokhara’s Paragliders
I spent around five months with these brave exceptional gentlemen in Pokhara, Nepal and they gave me full access to take whatever pictures and videos I wanted of them during the Global Pandemic. They remembered me the book, Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach which you could listen the audio book on YouTube in around…