Nepal: Candle wax smears a European-style statue used for candle offerings in the Seto Machindranath Temple. The statue originally came from the old Rana Palace, Kathmandu

Kathmandu is an unexpected and extravagant mixture of peoples and religions, child-goddesses, bare-foot porters padding in back alleys, and sacred cows. The Kathmandu most people come to see is the Old City, a tangled network of narrow alleys, stores and temples located around central Durbar Square.

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Rainer Krack

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Pictures From Asia