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How to Choose a Vajra (Dorje): A Buyer's Guide
If you are looking to buy a vajra (dorje in Tibetan), the choices can be confusing at first: single or double, brass, copper or plated. This guide walks through what...
How to Choose a Vajra (Dorje): A Buyer's Guide
If you are looking to buy a vajra (dorje in Tibetan), the choices can be confusing at first: single or double, brass, copper or plated. This guide walks through what...
The Trunk-Up Elephant: Meaning and Symbolism
What does it mean when an elephant figurine has its trunk raised? The honest answer has two parts: a well-documented body of elephant symbolism in Hindu and Buddhist tradition, and...
The Trunk-Up Elephant: Meaning and Symbolism
What does it mean when an elephant figurine has its trunk raised? The honest answer has two parts: a well-documented body of elephant symbolism in Hindu and Buddhist tradition, and...
Ankhi Jhyal: The Carved Eye Windows of the Kath...
Walk the old streets of Kathmandu, Patan or Bhaktapur and the facades look back at you. Elaborately carved wooden windows project from the brickwork, their lattices filtering light into the...
Ankhi Jhyal: The Carved Eye Windows of the Kath...
Walk the old streets of Kathmandu, Patan or Bhaktapur and the facades look back at you. Elaborately carved wooden windows project from the brickwork, their lattices filtering light into the...
Ardhanarishvara: The Half-Shiva, Half-Parvati F...
A figure stands before you, split cleanly down the middle: one half a man, the other half a woman. This is Ardhanarishvara, the composite form of the Hindu deities Shiva...
Ardhanarishvara: The Half-Shiva, Half-Parvati F...
A figure stands before you, split cleanly down the middle: one half a man, the other half a woman. This is Ardhanarishvara, the composite form of the Hindu deities Shiva...
Kumari: Nepal's Living Goddess and the Windows ...
In a courtyard at Kathmandu's Durbar Square, devotees gather and look up. They are waiting for a glimpse of a young girl at a latticed window: the Royal Kumari, worshipped...
Kumari: Nepal's Living Goddess and the Windows ...
In a courtyard at Kathmandu's Durbar Square, devotees gather and look up. They are waiting for a glimpse of a young girl at a latticed window: the Royal Kumari, worshipped...
How to Choose a Singing Bowl: Size, Metal and S...
A singing bowl looks simple: a polished metal bowl, a cushion, a wooden mallet. Yet the details behind a good bowl - what it is made of, how it is...
How to Choose a Singing Bowl: Size, Metal and S...
A singing bowl looks simple: a polished metal bowl, a cushion, a wooden mallet. Yet the details behind a good bowl - what it is made of, how it is...