Blessing for the Land : The Architecture, Art and History of a Buddhist Convent in Mustang, Nepal
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
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
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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