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An Open
Seminar on the World Heritage of Nepal
With special reference to Buddhist culture and heritage in
Kathmandu Valley
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Lotus Research Centre proudly announces an open seminar on
the Buddhist heritage and World Heritage Sites of Kathmandu
valley. Of altogether ten world heritages sites in Nepal,
Kathmandu Valley is the home of seven of them. It is
considered to be one of the highest concentration of world
heritage sites in the world, having seven world heritage
sites within an area of 20 km. The programme is intended to
provide introduction and ideas about the Nepalese heritage
to the foreign visitors willing to get acquinted with it.
The program will contain a series of lectures and guided
tours.
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List of the lectures:
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2/25 |
Lecture-1 'An introduction to
world heritage of Nepal'
Time: 5:00 pm
This will be followed by a guided tour to the world heritage
sites of Kathmandu and Lalitpur on 2/26 and
that of Bhaktapur on 2/27. |
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2/27 |
Lecture-2 'Buddhism and culture of Nepal
Mandala'
Time: Morning |
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2/28
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Lecture-3 'An
introduction to Nepalese Buddhist images'
Time: Morning
This will be followed by a guided tour to
the museum. |
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3/1 |
Lecture-4
'Monasteries of Nepalese Buddhism
Time: Morning
This will be followed by a guided tour to
some of the important Buddhist Monasteries
in Kathmandu Valley.
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Notes:
- LRC takes the pleasure of
arranging lodging facilities to the foreign participants.
- LRC is also happy to
provide Japanese and English speaking guides to the
participants.
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