Showing posts with label Manandhar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manandhar. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Manandhar Caste and Barahi Temple

Barahi Temple, Bhaktapur
photo: razendra


When I was a kid, around 12 or 13, my English teacher suddenly asked me if I know that we Manandhars are forbidden in our city's greatest temple Barahi. I was like shocked. I said,  "I don't know, I'd just been there that morning". A friend next to me said she knew about the fact that the Manandhars are forbidden. I was so confused.

Few years ago, my aunt died because of old age, while on her funeral, my older brother told a story. As I like the story very much I listened to it quite attentively, as I always do. The story goes like this.