Om Bahal

Vambaha, Wam Bahal, Vabaha, Suryavarma Samskarita Vajrakirti Mahavihara

Traditional Newar Buddhist Monastery (Vihara) of Bahal Style.
One of the 18 Main Bahals (Mahavihara) of Patan acc. John K. Locke (1985) and one of the best preserved.
North of Bakhum Baha, (home of Satya Mohan Joshi)

No. 104

• Based on a Map in H. Seemann, Gestern noch verbotenes Land - Nepal 2029, Stuttgart 1973

• Based on a Map in John K. Locke, Buddhist Monasteries of Nepal, Kathmandu 1985

• Foto by N.N. in World Bank, Nepal Kathmandu Valley Urban Policy Dialogue, Report No: ACS5812 (2013)

• Foto by N.N. in https://www.facebook.com/ancientbuddhistmonasteriesofnepal/photos/

• Foto by Narayan Halwai in https://www.flickr.com/photos/132597836@N03/

• Foto in Carl Pruscha, Kathmandu Valley, Vol. 2, 1st ed., Wien 1975

• Foto by Hugh R. Downs in John K. Locke, Buddhist Monasteries in Nepal, Kathmandu 1985

• John K. Locke, The Buddhist Monasteries of Nepal : A Survey of the Bahas and Bahis of the Kathmandu Valley, Kathmandu 1985