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Ram Prakash Shrestha: Meet the artist who is preserving 1,000s of artworks of Nepal for the future
Shashwat Pant
August 4, 2021
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Ram Prakash Shrestha. Photo: Shankar Giri
In April 2015, Kathmandu, like most parts of Nepal, was reduced to rubble due to the devastating earthquake that killed nearly 10,000 people all over Nepal. People lost homes they had lived in for generations. But, along with that, Kathmandu lost its identity as hundreds of years old monuments came crashing down destroying the intricate artworks that were carved in the wood and walls of these age-old monuments.
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