Nearly all of the UNESCO-listed, centuries-old Hindu and Buddhist temples that sprinkle the city ... named Balen Shah — has been cleaning up Kathmandu’s streets and riverbanks, creating ...

Its capital, Kathmandu, is a vibrant city filled ... is a sacred place with monasteries and temples built by various Buddhist communities worldwide. Bhaktapur is an architectural gem with its ...

But buildings and temples came down all around them ... a city of 230,000 people of mainly Buddhist influence in the fertile Kathmandu Valley, in the foothills of the Himalaya.