Blessing for the Land : The Architecture, Art and History of a Buddhist Convent in Mustang, Nepal

Name: Blessing for the Land
Brand: Vajra Books
SKU: 9789937928823
Price: 9450 KES
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ISBN: 9789937928823

by John Harrison Charles Ramble

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 9937928826

ISBN-13 9789937928823

Publisher Vajra Books

Imprint Vajra Books

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 1st, 2018

Print length 143 Pages

Weight 786 grams

Dimensions 22.60 x 27.40 x 2.00 cms

Product Classification: History History

KSh 9,450.00

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In Nepal’s Mustang District, on the right bank of the Kali Gandaki river facing the large settlement of Tshug (Chusang), is a low hill known as Gönpa Gang, the “convent ridge.” Standing on the ridge are the remains of a Buddhist site, Künzang Chöling. Until recently, nothing was known about the building beyond the fact that it had once been a nunnery, and it is hard now to imagine that a local ruler in the 17th century, awed by its majestic proportions and its exquisite paintings, exclaimed that it was “the jewel in the crown of the realm.” This book brings to light a forgotten gem of Nepal’s architectural and artistic heritage, while the archives of the community offer a window onto the lives of the lama who built it “as a blessing for the land,” and of the nuns for whom it was a centre of spiritual activity for almost three centuries.

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