Bhaktapur, Nepal’s best-preserved old city
The steps, flanked by sculptures, going up to the Nyatapola Temple on Taumadhi Square, Bhaktapur and dedicated to the goddess Siddhi Lakshmi. On the first level is a pair of likenesses of Bhaktapur’s strongest man, Jaya mal Pata, a famous wrestler. Next, two elephants followed by two lions, two griffons and finally “Baghini” and “Singhini”, the tiger and lion goddesses. It was constructed in 1702.
Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Tue Dec 04, 1979