Kathmandu, Aug. 1 -- American artist Peter Makela was in Nepal in 2022 on a Fulbright scholarship when he experienced the Matya festival in Patan in which devotees made the rounds of the city's shrines. He joined the procession, walking through 2,600 stupa and 140 bahal of the town. That immersion left a lasting impression. As part of Gallery Mcube's international residency program in Patan, he put his inspiration to canvas in the exhibition Yala Yatra: Walking, Working, Worshipping. The exhibition also coincides with this month's Matya festival. Makela has visited Nepal often in the past 11 years but he mostly stayed in and spent his time around Boudha. "This time I stayed in Patan, put the sites I wanted to visit on my map, and off I ...