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KVPT’s Patan Darbar Earthquake Response Campaign - Work to Date - September 2016

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The surviving secondary jamb of<br />

the southern doorway is be adjusted<br />

<strong>to</strong> the replaced lintel with a miter<br />

joint before the preserved carved<br />

surface is being fixed <strong>to</strong> the lintel in<br />

three parts (above the door opening<br />

and on the projecting lintel ends).<br />

Bot<strong>to</strong>m<br />

At one of the 20 tympana the <strong>to</strong>p<br />

of the anthropomorphized snake<br />

king (nāgarāja) is being res<strong>to</strong>red<br />

along with the attendant deity next<br />

<strong>to</strong> it (left), and replacement of the<br />

circular middle part of one of the<br />

colonnettes (<strong>to</strong>raṇthān) (right).<br />

Thirteen of the 24 colonnettes are<br />

broken; 11 need minor repairs.<br />

Pho<strong>to</strong>graphs Anil and Bijay Basukala,<br />

June 12, <strong>2016</strong><br />

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