Q: Were only Buddhist temples and sacred sites affected by the quake? A: No. Hindu sites — especially those in the center of Nepal’s few cities — were also damaged.

This is the most important Buddhist site in the world: in one view, within it lies the centre of the world. The main temple structure, some 50m high, soars out of a sunken courtyard.

There was extensive damage to the medieval temples that line the UNESCO-designated Durbar Squares (or royal courts) of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan, making for heartbreaking before-and-after photos.

Beijing, May 19 (EFE).Beijing, May 19 (EFE). — The disastrous earthquakes that struck Nepal on April 25 and May 12 damaged 242 temples in the neighboring Tibet region in southwestern China, the ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — When a 7.8-magnitude earthquake roared through this Himalayan nation last Saturday (April 25), leaving an estimated 5,500 dead and more than 11,000 injured, shrines and ...