2003-09-21 04:00:00 PDT Bhaktapur, Nepal-- As I stride across Dattatreya Square, I let out a big sigh of relief: I've escaped Kathmandu once again. There's not a vehicle or a tourist in sight.

Bhaktapur, located in south-central Nepal, was once the capital of the Kathmandu Valley and is renowned for its remarkable ...

The delicate brickwork of the majestic old cities, such as Bhaktapur on Kathmandu's outskirts, prove to be as fragile as they look A Nepali man sits in front of a destroyed house as people search ...

Goodman, a 67-year-old Ohio native, describes his time in the ancient Newar city of Bhaktapur, just 8 miles (13 km) outside Kathmandu, and where at least 270 people were killed in the most recent ...

As I stroll through the narrow lanes and alleys lined by the traditional Newari architecture of red-brick houses with doors and windows framed by intricate wood carvings, I realise why Bhaktapur ...

If a report is something to go by, Bhaktapur is more polluted than Kathmandu in terms of ambient air quality. Bhaktapur is home to over 120 brick kilns registered and operating under Bhaktapur ...

In the cities of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, and Patan there was one for almost every locality, as well as a special “royal” kumari, worshipped by the former Hindu kings. Many traditions have since ...