"Birendra Chitrakar"

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28 August 2025

BIRENDRA CHITRAKAR, an artist and member of the Chitrakar family, paints the Khwapa (mask) of Halchowk Aakash Bhairab ahead of the Indra Jatra festival on August 28, 2025, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Chitrakar family maintains this artistic tradition for generations. The Halchowk Aakash Bhairab, venerated as a powerful guardian deity, holds significant cultural importance, and his dance is a central feature of the Indra Jatra festival, attracting large numbers of devotees and spectators each year.

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28 August 2025

BIRENDRA CHITRAKAR, an artist and member of the Chitrakar family, paints the Khwapa (mask) of Halchowk Aakash Bhairab ahead of the Indra Jatra festival on August 28, 2025, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Chitrakar family maintains this artistic tradition for generations. The Halchowk Aakash Bhairab, venerated as a powerful guardian deity, holds significant cultural importance, and his dance is a central feature of the Indra Jatra festival, attracting large numbers of devotees and spectators each year.

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28 August 2025

BIRENDRA CHITRAKAR, an artist and member of the Chitrakar family, paints the Khwapa (mask) of Halchowk Aakash Bhairab ahead of the Indra Jatra festival on August 28, 2025, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Chitrakar family maintains this artistic tradition for generations. The Halchowk Aakash Bhairab, venerated as a powerful guardian deity, holds significant cultural importance, and his dance is a central feature of the Indra Jatra festival, attracting large numbers of devotees and spectators each year.

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28 August 2025

BIRENDRA CHITRAKAR, an artist and member of the Chitrakar family, paints the Khwapa (mask) of Halchowk Aakash Bhairab ahead of the Indra Jatra festival on August 28, 2025, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Chitrakar family maintains this artistic tradition for generations. The Halchowk Aakash Bhairab, venerated as a powerful guardian deity, holds significant cultural importance, and his dance is a central feature of the Indra Jatra festival, attracting large numbers of devotees and spectators each year.

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28 August 2025

BIRENDRA CHITRAKAR, an artist and member of the Chitrakar family, paints the Khwapa (mask) of Halchowk Aakash Bhairab ahead of the Indra Jatra festival on August 28, 2025, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Chitrakar family maintains this artistic tradition for generations. The Halchowk Aakash Bhairab, venerated as a powerful guardian deity, holds significant cultural importance, and his dance is a central feature of the Indra Jatra festival, attracting large numbers of devotees and spectators each year.

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28 August 2025

BIRENDRA CHITRAKAR, an artist and member of the Chitrakar family, paints the Khwapa (mask) of Halchowk Aakash Bhairab ahead of the Indra Jatra festival on August 28, 2025, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Chitrakar family maintains this artistic tradition for generations. The Halchowk Aakash Bhairab, venerated as a powerful guardian deity, holds significant cultural importance, and his dance is a central feature of the Indra Jatra festival, attracting large numbers of devotees and spectators each year.

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