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VALLEY OF KATHMANDU, THIS EXHIBIT GUIDES THE VIEWER ON AN UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY, THROUGH THE SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL REALM OF NEPAL. THE RECOGNITION OF HINDUISM, AS PERHAPS THE WORLD'S OLDEST RELIGION, IS EXPLORED IN DEPTH, BY EXAMINING TIBETAN BUDDHISM'S CORE ELEMENTS DERIVED FROM HINDUISM. THE IMPUTES AND EVOLUTIONARY GESTATION FROM HINDUISM TO BUDDHISM IS CLEARLY PRESENTED IN THIS REMARKABLE EXHIBITION! BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL HANDMADE NEPALESE THANKA SCROLL PAINTINGS, DEPICTING HINDU GODS, ARE JUXTAPOSED WITH PORTRAITS OF HOLY MEN FROM SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NEPALI SHRINES, WHICH INCLUDE PASHUPATINATH: THE SACRED CREMATION SITE ON THE BANKS OF THE BAGMATI RIVER, THE ASTOUNDING TIBETAN STUPA MONUMENTS OF BOTH BOUDDHANATH AND SWAYAMBHUNATH, AS WELL AS, THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE OF BHAKTAPUR DUBAR AND PATAN SQUARES! THIS EXHIBITION IS A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF NEPALESE ARTIFACTS, ARTWORKS, AND EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HINDU WAY OF LIFE! THE CULTURE'S SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS, DEITIES, ENVIRONMENT AND PEOPLE ARE ALL DEPICTED IN A CONCISE, WELL THOUGH OUT, PRESENTATION. THIS IS A SHOW NOT TO BE MISSED! IT IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION. THIS IS TRULY YOUR ONLY CHANCE, TO EXPERIENCE A EXHIBITION OF SUCH EXQUISITE MATERIAL. 32 ARTIFACTS
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