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

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Above<br />

Three coppersmiths (Tarmrakār)<br />

installing their anvils (khalu), in<br />

discussion with Niels Gutschow.<br />

With a wide range of hammers, the<br />

shape of the five constitutive elements<br />

of the pinnacle is res<strong>to</strong>red.<br />

Pho<strong>to</strong>graph Katharina Weiler,<br />

August 25, <strong>2016</strong><br />

Below<br />

Repair of the pinnacle (gāju),<br />

consisting of the bell-shaped bot<strong>to</strong>m<br />

(ghaṇṭa), the ring of stylized<br />

fruits from the tree of immortality<br />

(āmalaka), the vase of plenty<br />

(kalaśa), and the emerging jewel<br />

(cintāmaṇi) on <strong>to</strong>p.<br />

Pho<strong>to</strong>graph Katharina Weiler,<br />

August 25, <strong>2016</strong><br />

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