
Yenyā Punhi (Indra jatra): The Festival of Kathmandu
Discover Yenyā Punhi (Indra Jatra) 2026: the meaning, history, deities, and demons of Kathmandu's root festival, and how it unites the city every year.
The quietest places hold the loudest stories.

Discover Yenyā Punhi (Indra Jatra) 2026: the meaning, history, deities, and demons of Kathmandu's root festival, and how it unites the city every year.



In Patan, art is not just decoration — it is devotion. Down the narrow brick lanes of this Kathmandu Valley, a soft tapping never quite stops: artisans crafting metal into gods, as their families.



Hidden in the lanes of Patan, Mahabuddha is a terracotta tower where nearly every brick bears the Buddha - the story of the Temple of a Thousand Buddhas.

Pimbahal is Patan's foundationless pond — dug, legend says, by demons in one night and held together by a tantric sage's will. History, myth, and what to expect on a visit.

In the city of Patan there are almost 185 monasteries as documented by Fr. John K. Lock in his book the Buddhist Monasteries of Nepal , among such various “Architectural Marvel” one stands out for its Gold Gilded Shrine.



Step inside Pashupatinath - from the golden deer myth to the cremation fires on the Bagmati. Discover why Nepal's holiest temple holds the ultimate key to living, dying, and untying the soul.
Two ways into a place — the everyday life lived in it, and the culture that gives it a soul. Pick a thread and follow it.
Slip past the postcard and into everyday life — the corner kitchens, the morning markets, the festivals only the neighbours know about.
Explore local life→Walk through living heritage — temples and rituals, music and craft, the quiet customs that give a place its hidden hymn.
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