(a) What type of place is Kathmandu, according to the writer?
(b) Mention some of the things that one can buy in Kathmandu bazar.
(c) Find a word from the passage which means ‘clear’.
(a) According to the writer, Kathmandu is a vivid, mercenary and religious place.
(b) In Kathmandu bazar, one can buy postcards, cosmetics, film rolls, chocolates, copper utensils and Nepalese antiques.
(c) vivid.
(i) Who fights at the temple and how?
(ii) How is the river Bagmati used by the people there?
(iii) Find the words from the passage which mean the same as –
(a) dried, (b) emerges.
(a) What is the atmosphere inside the Buddhist shrine?
(b) Where do the small shops stand?
(c) What do you understand by ‘a haven of quietness’?
India is a holy land with many temples. Based on your reading of the story, write a paragraph describing your visit to a temple.
(a) What kind of atmosphere prevails outside the Pashupatinath temple, and why?
(b) What happens when a princess of the Nepalese royal house appears there?
(c) Find out the words /phrases from the passage which mean the same as the following:
(i) make known publicly. (ii) complete chaos.
