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Black and white photograph of the steps of the Nyatpola Deval, or the Temple of the Five Stages, at Bhatgaon.
Black and white photograph of the steps of the Nyatpola Deval, or the Temple of the Five Stages, at Bhatgaon.

STEPS OF THE NYATPOLA DEVAL, OR THE TEMPLE OF THE FIVE STAGES, AT BHATGAON.

The lowest of these colossal statues are two wrestlers, the historic giants of the Newars, supposed to have ten times the strength of ordinary men.