Still in Kathmandu

The statue of Kala Bhairab is Shiva at its most fearsome. It has six arms, wears a crown of skulls and tramples a corpse, which is representative of human ignorance. It is carved from a single stone and it is said that telling a lie before it will bring instant death. In the past it was used as a sort of trial by ordeal.
People are signing up for someting or other,


Mahendeshwar Temple, Kathmandu Durbar Square.

With all this sightseeing, a tea break seemed like a good idea.

Looking out the window from Helena's Restaurant, back in Thamel a cart full of nursery items goes by.
From the 50's onward after the Chinese occupied Tibet there has been a flood of Tibetan refugees into the Kathmandu Valley. In Patan they organized the Tibetan Refugee Center where, among other things, they weave beautiful wool carpets for sale. Here the women are sorting the wool.

And spinning it into yarn
And weaving the wool into rugs. It it is a big one there may be more than one weaver.