Eight Bhairavas of Maru tole

The following is the list of eight Bhairavas guarding the Maru tole encircling the Bhuti Sa भुति सः (Chāyā Chatra Bhairava छायाँछत्र भैरव deity) and is collected in a local chronicle entitled Devatāharūko Vaṃśāvalī देवताहरूको वंशावली (unpublished, hereafter VD) compiled by Pundit Dineśānanda Rājopādhyāya (born 1923 A.D. | 1984 B.S. in Kāṭhmāṇḍu, Nepāl). The following information is compiled in pp. 923-925 under the section named ।। काठमाडाैँ, मरु टोल, अष्ट भैरवको बयान् ।। :

Chronicler Rājopādhyāya (pp. 928) mentions that he compiled the information from a collection of Dr. Yogendra Bhakta Śreṣṭha (Kāṭhmāṇḍu, Nepāl) on 19 January 1979 A.D., Friday (B.S. 2035 Māgh 5).

Rājopādhyāya, Dineśānanda. (n.d.). Devatāharūko Vaṃśāvalī. [Unpublished].
MS in collection of his son Rājopādhyāya, Gauravānanda 'Rāju'.

Eight Bhairavas guarding Maru tole

S. N.	Purāṇic Name	Alternate Name	Location Description
1	Aṣitāṅga Bhairava असिताङ्ग भैरव	Ānanda Bhairava अानन्द भैरव	गणेश दास साल्मीको घरको पश्चिमतर्फ
2	Ruru Bhairava रुरु भैरव	-	मरु सत्तलको पश्चिम दक्षिणको कुना
3	Caṇḍa Bhairava चण्ड भैरव	Svacchanda Bhairava स्वच्छन्द भैरव	सिंह सत्तलको मुनि, भीमसेनस्थान जाने बाटोमा
4	Krodha Bhairava क्रोध भैरव	-	अशोक विनायकको घर मुनि
5	Unmatta Bhairava उन्मत्त भैरव	-	मरुहिटी जाने बाटोको दायाँतर्फ बाटोमा
6	Kapālī Bhairava कपाली भैरव	Kapāl Bhairava कपाल भैरव *	मरु टोलको नासःद्यःको सत्तलको दक्षिण तर्फको कुनामा
7	Bhīṣaṇ Bhairava भीषण भैरव	-	छाया छत्र पीठका पूर्व भागमा पन्त, जोशी बाहुनको घरको कुनामा
8	Saṃhāra Bhairava संहार भैरव	-	मरु गणेशको ठूलो घण्टा मुनि

* As written in the VD.

Old Photo: Ason Bazār

Ason Bazār in 1969 AD (2026 BS)

Location : Ason, Kathmandu
Date : 1969 A.D. (2026 B.S.)

In the photograph, the temple at the right is the Gaṇeśa temple. 

People from various parts of the city and outside the city come here to sell their goods in the doko, as depicted in this photograph.

Note the neo-classical buildings. A vehicle is also seen in this photograph. 

Public reading of religious scriptures

Public reading of the Mahābhārata

Photograph by W. Kröger (November 1971)

A Brāhmaṇ by profession, Paṇḍit Rāmshakti Rājopādhyāya (1925-1987), reads the Mahābhārata in Sanskrit and conveys a summary in Newārī herein this photograph. 

This public reading was held in November 1971 for a total of 120 days during the Caturmāsa (four months from new moon July to new moon November when Lord Viṣṇu is believed to be at dreamless sleep).

The photograph is taken at Salan Gaṇeś square, Bhaktapur.

At the center of this photograph on a straw mat (sukuḥ or sukul) are spread fried wheat, popped rice and beans, in the form of bākhampāḥ.