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Local busy in their everyday life on Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu . The city is full with sculptures, pagodas, stupas and palace buildings. Basantapur Durbar Square is one of several must-visit places in Kathmandu. Durbar Square is a generic term for plazas and old royal palaces. People are seen offering prayer at the 'Kala Bhairava'. And street vendors are selling different items, bikes are lined up at the corner of the street. Local men are carrying heavy loads and passing by. Nepali rickshaws are riding through and two old women are praying at the Kala Bhairava temple. One woman is wearing a traditional nose ring and a plane is seen skying high in the sky. Kathmandu Durbar Square in front of the old royal palace of the former Kathmandu Kingdom is one of three Durbar (royal pala