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A photograph of devotees gathered in front of an ornate temple facade at Changu Narayana in Nepal. The multi-tiered red brick temple has gilded wooden doors and carved golden panels, with lion guardian statues flanking the entrance and a small latticed shrine enclosure in the foreground. A visitor in a yellow shirt and black backpack stands beside a man in a black shirt with an orange shawl, and several women in pink, lavender and orange clothing stand in a paved courtyard, some with orange shawls. A man in a white hat and a light green shirt with red waist sash stands at left.

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August 11 20122012-08-11August 11 20122012-08-11 +1 copiesA crowd of devotees queues to enter an ornate temple with a red brick upper structure and heavily gilded golden doors and carved panels, with a seated stone lion guardian at the threshold. Many visitors wear white or light clothing with orange-red sashes and stoles. A woman in a red sari sits at the right foreground. A sign with Nepali text is mounted beside the entrance. Carved deity figures and decorative lintels frame the doorway.2012-08-11 +2 copiesAugust 11 20122012-08-11 +1 copiesJuly 27 20122012-07-27A photograph of a brick-paved temple courtyard with traditional Nepali pagoda-style temples, carved wooden struts and tiled roofs. Several visitors walk and stand about: a barefoot woman in a white cap and dark shorts with a red scarf, a man in a yellow shirt with a black backpack, and a woman with a backpack near a small stone shrine. A white-clad man in white ritual dress stands at right, and a bright red-and-yellow headwrap appears in the foreground. A small signboard and a stone carved basin with relief panels sit at left, and a stray dog rests on the bricks.2012-08-11 +1 copiesA red-stained stone statue of a seated deity with hands in anjali mudra is set within an ornate brass arch in a temple courtyard. A snake coils over its shoulders and it wears a garland. Behind it stands a brass bell and finial atop a wooden shrine, with a carved wooden window and a metal cage-like shrine to the left. A woman in a red hat and maroon top with an orange scarf looks upward at left, and a woman in an orange shawl stands in the background among other visitors.2012-08-11 +1 copiesAugust 11 20122012-08-11 +1 copiesDevotees gather at the entrance of a carved wooden pagoda-style temple with a red-trimmed roof and a row of hanging brass bells. A golden lion-like figure sits atop a tall pillar in front, with stone lion guardian statues flanking the steps. Pilgrims in white, brown and orange clothing, some with orange shawls, stand and walk through the courtyard, while men in a striped blue shirt and grey shirt watch from the right. A large bronze bell hangs at the right edge. Hills rise behind the temple under a bright sky.2012-07-27July 27 20112011-07-27July 27 20112011-07-27 +1 copiesJuly 01 20072007-07-01