Kalpa in Jyotish was not an imaginary quantity of Time! The vastness of time as well as the skies contrasts so vividly with the delimited and bounded physical space of earth that it could have easily overwhelmed humans into thinking Read More …
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Talk at RUPSON, 2024
Talk delivered to the General Body of RUPSON, 2024 * Not to diminish the personalities like Hammurabi, Hippodamus, … rather to quickly come to modern days, we can say the filth, overcrowding and pollution of the Industrial City of the Read More …
New Book
I have published a new book titled “Bhaktapur – the Capital of the Malla Nepal Mandala. Its a collection of essays on culture and history of the town of Bhaktapur Published by RICH Publishers, Patan, its available in most book Read More …
New Book 2023
Nepali Translation of my book “The Brick and The Bull” has been published under the new title – Hadigaun, the capital of ancient Nepal – हाँडीगाउँ। Available in most book stores – it is published as Himal Books -हिमाल किताब Read More …
Bhaktapur city planning -Ananda Dev
Revisiting Trivalaya for Clues to Drawing Sriyantra
– Sudarshan Raj Tiwari Of tantra, mantra, and yantra, the three conceptual ways of representing the god spirit in tantric practices – yantra is in the form of a geometric diagram. Of the many geometric instruments known in tantra, the Read More …
History of Kasthamandap
Durham WS Keynote
Kashthamandap
Kasthamandapa history PUB
The Indigenous Newar Building Craftsman
The most excellent of the traditional heritage buildings in Kathmandu Valley have been temples, palaces and town houses – all totally achieved through a thoughtful use of mud, brick & tile, wood and copper in all senses, architectural, structural and Read More …
Traditional Vastu in Nepal Valley
To read this paper presented in a conference on Fengsui, South Korea fengsuipapernov15