Kathmandu

The small temple will show how, in a local legend and an annual procession, a protector of children leaves her place and returns to it.

A human story will explain how the rite is arranged and the unobtrusive work of the person who tends the fire to the end.

The finale links the grain trade with a commemorative marker of a mistaken calculation.

The legend of a poor woman builder explains the stupa's Tibetan name and the power of a permission once granted.

Here it will become clear which establishment gave its name to the western entrance and the whole surrounding neighborhood.

Here the route links Pashupati with the place where Sati is revered and shows how a legend is marked by an object in the ground.

The temple hall reveals how the duties of its first custodian survived land reform, the rebuilding of the structure, and a change in management.

Here, the conquest of the city will turn someone else's palace into the residence of a new ruler.

A king's family loss will show how a prayer for protection turned into the destruction of a goddess's image.

Two temple legends will meet here during a single city festival.

A monastic legend will explain the vow that the community will fulfill every year.

Here you will learn who will prepare the revered image for the coming year, and how.

This stop will connect the old purpose of a public shelter with human choice during a disaster.

A local shrine will link a stone representation of Shiva with a legend about a weapon the hero never used against people.

The daily circuit connects a pilgrimage ritual with the fate of a foreigner entrusted with caring for a sacred shrine.

Here, the fate of one girl will show how a Buddhist family enters a royal cult.

Here, a temple priest's private act of gratitude becomes an annual rite for the whole community.

This forested area brings together Shiva’s deer, traces of reverence for a yogi, and a legend about the return of rain.

The finale will show how a pilgrims’ overnight shelter became a permanent home and a place for a modest income.

The letters still left on the sign will tell you how one table of Laphing changed a family business and the whole street.

The closed passage will preserve the boundary between the documented royal ritual and the tantric account of the underground route.

The finale follows what happened to the Shechen tradition after the loss of the Tibetan monastery and the murals here.

A merchant’s vow will link the immovable figure on the hill to a great ceremony at its foot.

This stop will show what remains of a donation made in the hope of a salvation that never came.

This stop shows how the admission rule shapes an encounter with the main shrine.

The restoration will explain why the modern pilgrims’ route runs precisely outside the metal ring.

The story of the restoration will explain what had to be dismantled, preserved, and reassembled after the earthquake.

The monument shows how a king set a pilgrim’s precise order of entry onto the upper platform.

The finale links the seventeenth-century royal shrines with the Tibetan community that appeared by the stupa in the twentieth century.