Singha Durbar

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Flames and thick smoke pour from multiple windows of the Singha Durbar, a grand white government building in Kathmandu, Nepal, as fire engulfs its central section.

Singha Durbar

government residence, Nepal

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Kathmandu
…imposing of which is the Singha Palace, once the official residence of the hereditary prime ministers and now housing the government secretariat. About 3 miles (5 km) northeast is the great white dome of Bodhnath, a Buddhist shrine revered by Tibetan Buddhists. The surrounding Kathmandu Valley, noted for its vast…
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…imposing of which is the Singha Palace, once the official residence of the hereditary prime ministers and now housing the government secretariat. About 3 miles (5 km) northeast is the great white dome of Bodhnath, a Buddhist shrine revered by Tibetan Buddhists. The surrounding Kathmandu Valley, noted for its vast…
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