Nepal, Aug. 2 -- Thousands of people pass by the Thapathali bridge every day. Here the hustle of life grows abuzz during the day, with everyone in a hurry to reach somewhere. But below the bridge, beside the drying, desolated Bagmati, a quaint line of heritage hides in plain sight, behind the chaos of Kathmandu.
Under the Thapathali bridge, a woman sits outside the Udasi akhada, braiding her daughter's hair, while a sadhu clad in orange robe sits under a banyan tree. He seems much more relaxed than the others above the bridge, all rushing towards their workplaces to make their ends meet. While the playful Tripureshwor monkeys are swinging from branch to branch, their little ones are hanging joyfully in the tree. This is a familiar sight fo...