Figure 1.1. Men from Kathmandu’s Kendriya Manandhar Sangha (Central Manandhar Organization) (KMS) install Indra’s pole on Bhadra 12.
Figure 1.2. Krishna lifting Mount Govardhan, with Indra riding his white elephant in the upper center (Rajasthani Miniature, nineteenth century).
Figure 2.1. Members of the Nepal army and the Kendriya Manandhar Sangha following the opening Ban Yatra rites inside the royal palace. The palace priest and nayo (leader) of the KMS carries the royal sword at the left.
Figure 2.2. Pulling the pole from the forests near Nala.
Figure 3.1. Preparing the decorated pole for its entrance into the city.
Figure 3.2. Honoring the pole upon its entrance into the royal square.
Figure 3.3. A pile of samay baji arranged for the upaku procession outside a temple at Chhetrapati Chowk.
Figure 4.1. Three members of Devi Pyakha (Nep. Devi Nach, the goddess dance troupe), dance on a stage at the southern neighborhood of Nhu Ghah (Nep. Jaisi Deval) during Kumari’s first chariot procession.
Figure 4.2. The three chariots of Kumari, Ganesh, and Bhairav in the Basantapur neighborhood immediately outside the palace.
Figure 4.3. Kumari in her chariot on the final day of the festival.
Figure 5.1. An elder from the Brahmapur neighborhood brings the venerated icon of Indra to be installed high above the street facing the Akash Bhairav temple.
Figure 5.2. Icon of Indra raised in the southern Brahma Tol neighborhood.
Figure 6.1. Pulukisi runs through the streets of the city during the upaku funeral procession.
Figure 6.2. Lakhe and Jhyalincha dance in the Mazipat neighborhood.
Figure 6.3. Jhyalincha looks out of a small open palace window immediately behind the protective Hanuman.
Figure 6.4. Venerating the mask of Akash Bhairav at the street-level shrine in front of his temple.
Figure 7.1. Indra sits on a low table in the center of Nasal Chowk.
Figure 7.2. Indra’s mother, Dagi, leads a procession of mourners late at night.