The monkeys of Saraswati

A TWENTY SEVEN DEGREES OF NORTH LATITUDE Yet, today I went to celebrate the day of the goddess Saraswati at the monkey temple, Swayambu: a must-see in Nepal. I also had a thorn in my side because of the devilish macaques and how difficult it is for me to take decent photos of them.

The Hindu goddess, Brahman's wifewould be comparable to our Athena, the Olympic goddess of wisdom and war, protector of letters, arts and sciences, to which we must add music, childhood and schools in these latitudes, learning in short, according to what they told me. The day seemed propitious.

Swaraswati monkeys in Kathmandu
Inside the Swayambhu complex, view of the small temple of the Hindu goddess.

But I was very busy with the offerings and the crowd of devotees, schoolchildren and university students alike, so I didn't keep him long with my things... and I left with Mrs. Canon to the main temple (this one in the photo is his, within the same enclosure but to which I accessed by Amideva Buddha Parkat Ring Road) to see if any monkey or monkey [badar / sundari], wanted generously collaborate with the photographic series.

I have taken, without exaggeration, hundreds, some very funny, others for the trash: the featured image for this note from the diary (which I leave here, in the featured image for the home page), I found it very tender.

Very tender especially after the harsh criticism I have received via Messenger for my Nepali still life, with humor, displayed on Facebook raw and that will have to be explained on this page later.

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