summary of Kathmandu lesson 9 class
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Introduction of chapter
the writer Vikram Seth came from China to India hitchhiking via Tibet and Nepal and wrote about it in his book titled heaven lake.in this accept from the book we get to know about his visit to Kathmandu the capital of Nepal.
Summary
I get a cheap room in the centre of the town and sleep for hours. the next morning he visited to temples in the Kathmandu along with Mr shah sons and nephew. that temples are most scared to Hindu and Buddhist.
pashupati there is an atmosphere of febrile confusion .prists ,hawkers ,devotees, tourist, monkeys ,pigeons and dogs roam through the grounds. they offer a few flowers. there are so many worshippersthat some people trying to get the priests attention are elbowed aside by others using their way to the front. a princess of Nepalroyal house appears everyone Bows and make way.
Vikram Seth describes his visit to the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu through this excerpt from his book ‘Heaven Lake’. During his trip, he visits two temples where notice stark differences between them. One temple was a pilgrimage for Hindus, the Pashupatinath temple.
After that, there was the Baudhnath temple which is for the Buddhists. He notices that they restricted the entry at the Pashupatinath temple to only Hindus. Thus, there was quite a chaos amongst the tourists, priests and the pilgrims. To top it all, people were polluting the River Bagmati by washing clothes in it, bathing in it and throwing away dry flowers in it.
After that, he went to Baudhnath temple. He saw that the scenario here was completely different from what he saw at the Pashupatinath temple. This Buddhist temple had a huge dome which is white in colour. The place was very calm and serene. Outside the temple, there was a Tibetan market and people were selling bags, clothes, ornaments and more.
He notices the numerous things Kathmandu offers from religious places to many tourist destinations. Moreover, it also has various shops of antiques, cameras, cosmetics, chocolates and more. Nonetheless, it is also a very noisy city from the car horns to the music and vendors. He enjoyed having a marzipan bar, corn, coca-cola in the city. After that, he also read love stories, comics and Reader’s Digest books.
On returning to Delhi, he thought of taking an adventurous route which comprises of a bus or train journey and then a boat ride, but he dropped the idea for that would have been too tiring. Thus, he booked a flight back. He saw an interesting flute seller outside his hotel. He had a pole with a lot of flutes on it and seemed like a porcupine body.
The flute seller kept playing his flutes and also did so in different tunes. But, what set him apart from the other flute sellers was that he played the flute thoughtfully. He did not scream to attract customers, he played it. This attracted the author and he wondered that flute is so common all over. Then, he compares it to the human voice and says how he is noticing even the little things now.